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| author | Sage Weil <sage@redhat.com> | 2018-06-06 23:32:53 +0200 |
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| committer | Sage Weil <sage@redhat.com> | 2019-04-22 18:22:55 +0200 |
| commit | 2f361a6eeebaa0aa2cb79495f108a89a862ef8bd (patch) | |
| tree | 5357a6840e525c1010d02d5d1b4cc3b7e795a256 /debian/copyright | |
| parent | COPYING: add reference to a few Apache-2.0 licensed source files (diff) | |
| download | ceph-2f361a6eeebaa0aa2cb79495f108a89a862ef8bd.tar.xz ceph-2f361a6eeebaa0aa2cb79495f108a89a862ef8bd.zip | |
relicense LGPL-2.1 code as LGPL-2.1 or LGPL-3.0
The primary motivation to relicense is a desire to integrate with projects
that are licensed under the Apache License version 2.0. Although opinions
vary, there are some who argue the the LGPL-2.1 and Apache-2.0 licenses
are not fully compatible. We would like to avoid the ambiguity and
potential for controversy.
Projects we would like to consume that are Apache-2.0 licensed include
Seastar, OpenSSL (which is in the process of relicensing to Apache-2.0),
and Swagger (swagger.io). Note that some of these are dynamically linked
or consumed via a high-level language and may or may not require a change
to LGPL-3.0, but providing the option for LGPL-3.0 certainly avoids any
uncertainty.
A few other source files are already incorporated into Ceph that claim an
Apache-2.0 license:
src/common/deleter.h
src/common/sstring.h
src/include/cpp-btree
The Ceph developers would further like to provide a license option that is
more modern than the current LGPL-2.1. LGPL-3.0 includes updated,
clarified language around several issues and is widely considered
more modern, superior license.
Signed-off-by: Sage Weil <sage@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'debian/copyright')
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/copyright | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright index 9a5677d4977..8375e4c4b84 100644 --- a/debian/copyright +++ b/debian/copyright @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Source: http://ceph.com/ Files: * Copyright: (c) 2004-2010 by Sage Weil <sage@newdream.net> -License: LGPL-2.1 (see COPYING-LGPL2.1) +License: LGPL-2.1 or LGPL-3 (see COPYING-LGPL2.1 and COPYING-LGPL3) Files: cmake/modules/FindLTTngUST.cmake Copyright: @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ License: Packaging: Copyright (C) 2004-2009 by Sage Weil <sage@newdream.net> Copyright (C) 2010 Canonical, Ltd. - Licensed under LGPL-2.1 + Licensed under LGPL-2.1 or LGPL-3.0 Files: src/test/perf_local.cc Copyright: |