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

[Niklas Söderlund]

Hi Laurent,

Thanks for your work.

On 2020-05-08 04:35:18 +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> 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>

Reviewed-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund at ragnatech.se>

> ---
>  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
> 
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Regards,
Niklas Söderlund