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[PATCH 0/6] Add ceph + multipath-tools.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
Cc: 26256 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#26256: [PATCH 5/6] gnu: Add userspace-rcu.
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 13:51:32 +0200

Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com> skribis:

> * gnu/packages/linux.scm (userspace-rcu): New variable.

[...]

> +    (license
> +     ;; This library is distributed under LGPL2.1+, but includes some files
> +     ;; covered by other licenses. The LICENSE file has full details.
> +     (list license:lgpl2.1+
> +           license:gpl3+                         ; most tests are gpl2+; tap.sh is gpl3+
> +           license:bsd-2                         ; tests/utils/tap/tap.[ch]
> +           license:expat                         ; urcu/uatomic/*
> +           ;; A few files use different variants of the MIT/X11 license.
> +           (license:x11-style "file://LICENSE"
> +                              "See LICENSE in the distribution for details.")))))

It’s a case where it’d be enough to put lgpl2.1+ and gpl3+ IMO, since
that’s what effectively applies to the resulting work.

You could still mention the other licenses in the comment though.

Otherwise LGTM, thanks!

Ludo’.

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