e2fsprogs icon indicating copy to clipboard operation
e2fsprogs copied to clipboard

License is not clear

Open rahulmohang opened this issue 4 years ago • 2 comments

Hello Theodore,

Some of the files in the folder, 'https://github.com/tytso/e2fsprogs/blob/master/e2fsck/' has references to license of the respective files; but the references are ambiguous. e.g. the reference statement reads,

'This file may be redistributed under the terms of the GNU Public License.'.

From the reference text, the license and the version of the license are not clear. Can you please let me know the license that applies to files that have such reference sentences? @tytso

rahulmohang avatar Nov 24 '21 06:11 rahulmohang

There is a pretty explicit set of licensing terms in the NOTICE file in the top-level of the e2fsprogs sources. You're right that it would be good to clarify the licensing terms, and/or delete them and add a reference to the top-level NOTICE file, and/or add SPDX notifications.

But until I can get around to adding these, you should be able to find what you need by looking at the NOTICE file.

tytso avatar Dec 06 '21 17:12 tytso

Hello Theodore,

Thank you.

Regards, Rahul

rahulmohang avatar Dec 09 '21 05:12 rahulmohang