On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 7:07 AM Florian Weimer
<fweimer(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>
> We have some assembler code in glibc that is always linked into main
> programs. The license header of the x86-64 variant looks like this:
>
> /* Special .init and .fini section support for x86-64.
> Copyright (C) 2012-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This file is part of the GNU C Library.
>
> The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>
> In addition to the permissions in the GNU Lesser General Public
> License, the Free Software Foundation gives you unlimited
> permission to link the compiled version of this file with other
> programs, and to distribute those programs without any restriction
> coming from the use of this file. (The GNU Lesser General Public
> License restrictions do apply in other respects; for example, they
> cover modification of the file, and distribution when not linked
> into another program.)
>
> Note that people who make modified versions of this file are not
> obligated to grant this special exception for their modified
> versions; it is their choice whether to do so. The GNU Lesser
> General Public License gives permission to release a modified
> version without this exception; this exception also makes it
> possible to release a modified version which carries forward this
> exception.
>
> The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
> Lesser General Public License for more details.
>
> You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
> <
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
>
> Is this “LGPL-2.1-or-later WITH GCC-exception-2.0”?
GCC-exception-2.0 is currently defined here:
https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/blob/main/src/exceptions/GCC-exc...
So I think not.
Why? Because it does not have the “Lesser” alternative shading?
Or because this paragraph is missing?
| Note that people who make modified versions of this file are not
| obligated to grant this special exception for their modified
| versions; it is their choice whether to do so. The GNU Lesser
| General Public License gives permission to release a modified
| version without this exception; this exception also makes it
| possible to release a modified version which carries forward this
| exception.
Should I file a ticket with SPDX?
Thanks,
Florian