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

[Paul Elder]

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 09:14:03AM +0100, Kieran Bingham wrote:
> Hi Laurent,
> 
> On 08/05/2020 02:35, 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>
> 
> This file was created by Paul, and also has a modification from Jacopo,
> so lets try to get their explicit Ack, but this is fine with me.
> 
> Acked-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham at ideasonboard.com>

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Paul Elder <paul.elder at ideasonboard.com>


Paul