[libcamera-devel] [PATCH/RFC] libcamera: proxy: Relicense proxy worker under LGPL

[Laurent Pinchart]

The proxy worker is licensed under the GPL. It is compiled as a binary
separate from libcamera.so, and it is our understanding and intent that
the GPL license doesn't propagate to libcamera.so. However, as the
worker is executed by libcamera.so, the GPL license may cause concerns
in this context, regardless of whether the concerns are valid or not.

This uncertainty could be addressed by a combination of a legal review
and an explicit intent clarification from the copyright holders. A
simpler option is to relicense the code under the LGPL.

Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>
---
 src/libcamera/proxy/worker/ipa_proxy_linux_worker.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/libcamera/proxy/worker/ipa_proxy_linux_worker.cpp b/src/libcamera/proxy/worker/ipa_proxy_linux_worker.cpp
index 7d6287c7115b..9cefa2405e19 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/proxy/worker/ipa_proxy_linux_worker.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/proxy/worker/ipa_proxy_linux_worker.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2019, Google Inc.
  *
-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart