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bug #49024: gnumach Git repo includes GPLv3+ material but omits GPLv3 text

Submitter:  Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <kon>
Submitted:  Wed 07 Sep 2016 09:24:34 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  GNU Mach Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  None
Status:  Fixed Privacy:  Public
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Open/Closed:  Closed Reproducibility:  None
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Effort:  0.00
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Retitled and fixed as per the proposed inclusion of GPL3 text

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Sun 25 Nov 2018 09:44:25 AM UTC, comment #3: 

The gsync files were relicensed in commit c8e687cb8a6ba8f278c58bf78126f843ceb292bb on 2016-10-31, and the ACPI files were deleted in commit c387012395ec83dbdad5e9a1e31f3a214337d064 on 2016-11-06.

gitlog-to-changelog has not been relicensed nor deleted.  It and the deleted files remain in the Git repository, which still does not include a copy of GPLv3.  ("git log -S'29 June 2007' --all" finds nothing.)  Luckily though, "make  dist" does not add gitlog-to-changelog to gnumach-*.tar, so only people publishing copies of the gnumach Git repository are at risk of unintentionally violating GPLv3.

The text of GPLv3 should be added to the repository, and terminated licenses might then be reinstated per GPLv3 section 8.

I would like to retitle this bug report to "gnumach Git repo includes GPLv3+ material but omits GPLv3 text" but it seems I don't have the necessary privileges.

Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <kon>
Mon 31 Oct 2016 07:36:48 PM UTC, comment #2: 

I think the first step should be to import the GPLv3 license text to the source tree.  Even if the GPLv3-or-later files were eventually deleted from the source tree, they would probably be left in the Git history.  Having the GPLv3 license text likewise in the Git history would reduce the risk that other parties inadvertently violate the license when they distribute clones of the GNU Mach Git repository.

Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <kon>
Sat 10 Sep 2016 10:03:14 AM UTC, comment #1: 

I previously listed GPLv2-only files that carry their own license notices.  The GNU Mach tree also contains Linux source files that do not contain a license notice; then, linux/src/COPYING specifies GPLv2 for them.  linux/dev/drivers/block/genhd.c is one such GPLv2-only file, and it is compiled in.  Thus, it seems there is indeed a license conflict.

The licenses were not discussed in the bug-hurd thread where the i386/grub/ code was imported:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2014-05/msg00019.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2014-07/msg00014.html

In the earlier "GPLv3 and Hurd" discussion, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote that "the use of the Linux drivers means that the project as a whole can only be distributed under the GPLv2":

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2007-06/msg00069.html

A preferable outcome would be if the FSF relicenses the GPLv3-or-later files to GPLv2-or-later.  I hope nobody's rights on the Linux files have become terminated per GPLv2 section 4.

Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <kon>
Wed 07 Sep 2016 09:24:34 PM UTC, original submission:  

These files in gnumach carry notices saying that they are licensed under GPLv3-or-later:

  • i386/grub/acpi.h
  • i386/grub/compiler.h
  • i386/grub/cpu/io.h
  • i386/grub/cpu/time.h
  • i386/grub/cpu/types.h
  • i386/grub/err.h
  • i386/grub/misc.h
  • i386/grub/mm.h
  • i386/grub/symbol.h
  • i386/grub/time.h
  • i386/grub/types.h
  • i386/i386at/acpi.c
  • i386/i386at/acpihalt.c
  • kern/gsync.c
  • kern/gsync.h
  • gitlog-to-changelog (not used during the build)


The gnumach source tree however does not include a copy of the GPLv3.

These files in gnumach carry notices saying they are dual licensed under MPLv1.1 or GPLv2-only:

  • linux/pcmcia-cs/include/pcmcia/bulkmem.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/include/pcmcia/bus_ops.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/include/pcmcia/ciscode.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/include/pcmcia/cisreg.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/include/pcmcia/cistpl.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/include/pcmcia/cs.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/include/pcmcia/cs_types.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/include/pcmcia/driver_ops.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/include/pcmcia/ds.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/include/pcmcia/mem_op.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/include/pcmcia/ss.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/modules/bulkmem.c
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/modules/cirrus.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/modules/cistpl.c
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/modules/cs.c
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/modules/cs_internal.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/modules/ds.c
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/modules/ene.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/modules/i82365.c
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/modules/i82365.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/modules/o2micro.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/modules/ricoh.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/modules/rsrc_mgr.c
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/modules/smc34c90.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/modules/ti113x.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/modules/topic.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/modules/vg468.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/modules/yenta.h
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/wireless/hermes.c
  • linux/pcmcia-cs/wireless/orinoco.c


These files in gnumach carry notices saying they are licensed under GPLv2-only:

  • linux/src/drivers/scsi/BusLogic.c
  • linux/src/drivers/scsi/BusLogic.h
  • linux/src/include/net/ax25.h


As the FSF says neither GPLv2-only nor MPLv1.1 is compatible with GPLv3-or-later, it seems there is a license conflict if these files are actually linked in.

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#MPL
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility

The Debian gnumach package does not seem to build the pcmcia and BusLogic drivers.  Anyway, it is surely a bug that the GPLv3-or-later files are included without a copy of the license.

Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <kon>

 

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