| Message ID | 20170917235227.6452-3-nsteeves@gmail.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
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On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 07:52:27PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > BCP 78 applies to RFC 6234, but sha224-256.c is Simplified BSD. > > This causes the following lintian error when building on Debian and > Debian derivatives: > > E: btrfs-progs source: license-problem-non-free-RFC-BCP78 > tests/sha224-256.c > > Please consult the following email from debian-legal@lists.debian.org > for more information: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2017/08/msg00004.html Thanks, this looks like I've copied too much from the RFC and was not aware of the BCP license issues. I believe the copyright notice(s) past the line mentioning the filename(s) should be enough to satisfy the licensing requirements and also the debian license checker. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Hi David, On 18 September 2017 at 10:40, David Sterba <dsterba@suse.cz> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 07:52:27PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: >> BCP 78 applies to RFC 6234, but sha224-256.c is Simplified BSD. >> >> This causes the following lintian error when building on Debian and >> Debian derivatives: >> >> E: btrfs-progs source: license-problem-non-free-RFC-BCP78 >> tests/sha224-256.c >> >> Please consult the following email from debian-legal@lists.debian.org >> for more information: >> >> https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2017/08/msg00004.html > > Thanks, this looks like I've copied too much from the RFC and was not > aware of the BCP license issues. I believe the copyright notice(s) past > the line mentioning the filename(s) should be enough to satisfy the > licensing requirements and also the debian license checker. Thank you for applying these so quickly, and for the new release :-) Sincerely, Nicholas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/tests/sha224-256.c b/tests/sha224-256.c index 2d963e65..82124a03 100644 --- a/tests/sha224-256.c +++ b/tests/sha224-256.c @@ -1,23 +1,3 @@ -/* -RFC 6234 SHAs, HMAC-SHAs, and HKDF May 2011 - - -Copyright Notice - - Copyright (c) 2011 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the - document authors. All rights reserved. - - This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal - Provisions Relating to IETF Documents - (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of - publication of this document. Please review these documents - carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect - to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must - include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of - the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as - described in the Simplified BSD License. -*/ - /************************* sha224-256.c ************************/ /***************** See RFC 6234 for details. *******************/ /* Copyright (c) 2011 IETF Trust and the persons identified as */
BCP 78 applies to RFC 6234, but sha224-256.c is Simplified BSD. This causes the following lintian error when building on Debian and Debian derivatives: E: btrfs-progs source: license-problem-non-free-RFC-BCP78 tests/sha224-256.c Please consult the following email from debian-legal@lists.debian.org for more information: https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2017/08/msg00004.html Signed-off-by: Nicholas D Steeves <nsteeves@gmail.com> --- tests/sha224-256.c | 20 -------------------- 1 file changed, 20 deletions(-)