FWICS, the package is bundling a bunch of crates with licenses: - MIT - || ( MIT Apache-2.0 ) - || ( MIT Unlicense ) - || ( Apache-2.0 Boost-1.0 ) - ISC - BSD - BSD-2 - CC0 - zlib - LGPL-3+ However, they are not listed in LICENSE. Now, if those things are linked statically with ansi_colours (I presume they are but please confirm), bat needs to be licensed LGPL-3+ as well to avoid license violation.
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ok I have a case here sys-apps/bat depends on ansi_colours which is LGPL-3+ TLDR explanation of license says that" Derivatives works (including modifications or anything statically linked to the library) can only be redistributed under LGPL, but applications that use the library don't have to be addling licenses for consult before pestering upstream. output of cargo-license Apache-2.0 (2): line-wrap, clang-sys Apache-2.0 OR BSL-1.0 (1): ryu Apache-2.0 OR MIT (85): regex-syntax, encode_unicode, itoa, idna, linked-hash-map, proc-macro2, unicode-normalization, winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu, content_inspector, libz-sys, cc, thread_local, yaml-rust, error-chain, serde_derive, failure_derive, escargot, vcpkg, libc, remove_dir_all, git2, smallvec, libgit2-sys, glob, serde, predicates-core, url, winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu, cexpr, regex, humantime, lazy_static, dirs, safemem, fxhash, percent-encoding, base64, rust-argon2, rustc-demangle, unicode-xid, crossbeam-utils, shlex, assert_cmd, proc-macro2, bitflags, peeking_take_while, lazycell, arrayvec, flate2, quick-error, unicode-bidi, rand_core, term_size, backtrace, tempdir, winapi, dirs-sys, miniz-sys, unicode-width, cfg-if, autocfg, version_check, bat, rand_core, rand, nodrop, serde_json, predicates-tree, rand_os, pkg-config, syn, backtrace-sys, predicates, unicode-xid, crc32fast, fnv, shell-words, quote, quote, vec_map, syn, env_logger, log, escargot, failure BSD-2-Clause (2): cloudabi, arrayref BSD-3-Clause (1): bindgen BSD-3-Clause AND Zlib (1): adler32 CC0-1.0 (7): encoding-index-simpchinese, encoding_index_tests, encoding-index-singlebyte, encoding-index-japanese, constant_time_eq, encoding-index-tradchinese, encoding-index-korean ISC (2): libloading, rdrand LGPL-3.0-or-later (1): ansi_colours MIT (30): syntect, plist, blake2b_simd, winapi, textwrap, atty, strsim, termios, winapi-build, redox_users, console, onig_sys, kernel32-sys, matches, xml-rs, nom, ansi_term, which, synstructure, ansi_term, miniz_oxide, wild, onig, clicolors-control, treeline, redox_syscall, encoding, bincode, difference, clap MIT OR Unlicense (8): aho-corasick, same-file, termcolor, walkdir, winapi-util, memchr, wincolor, byteorder N/A (1): fuchsia-cprng
snip from cargo-tree bat v0.12.1 (/home/ya/Downloads/bat-0.12.1) ├── ansi_colours v1.0.1 │ [build-dependencies] │ └── cc v1.0.41 ├── ansi_term v0.12.1 ├── atty v0.2.13 │ └── libc v0.2.62 ├── clap v2.33.0 │ ├── ansi_term v0.11.0 │ ├── atty v0.2.13 (*) │ ├── bitflags v1.1.0 │ ├── strsim v0.8.0 │ ├── term_size v0.3.1 │ │ └── libc v0.2.62 (*) │ ├── textwrap v0.11.0 │ │ ├── term_size v0.3.1 (*) │ │ └── unicode-width v0.1.6 │ ├── unicode-width v0.1.6 (*) │ └── vec_map v0.8.1 ├── console v0.8.0 ... so it's a direct dep of bat, not buried deeper into the depgraph
https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/issues/792
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=2777f84bebe2b4c8d8620de80036620753a0b8fa commit 2777f84bebe2b4c8d8620de80036620753a0b8fa Author: Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-01-02 07:35:31 +0000 Commit: Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-01-02 07:38:42 +0000 sys-apps/bat: bump to 0.12.1 Issue: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/issues/792 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/694438 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.84, Repoman-2.3.20 Signed-off-by: Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev@gentoo.org> sys-apps/bat/Manifest | 5 ++--- sys-apps/bat/{bat-0.12.0.ebuild => bat-0.12.1.ebuild} | 11 +++++------ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
ok upstream provided reasonable explanation, it's ok to distribute under MIT or Apache-2.0 as long as it's free license, see upstream thread comment on github. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#LGPLStaticVsDynamic Does the LGPL have different requirements for statically vs dynamically linked modules with a covered work? (#LGPLStaticVsDynamic) For the purpose of complying with the LGPL (any extant version: v2, v2.1 or v3): (1) If you statically link against an LGPLed library, you must also provide your application in an object (not necessarily source) format, so that a user has the opportunity to modify the library and relink the application. (2) If you dynamically link against an LGPLed library already present on the user's computer, you need not convey the library's source. On the other hand, if you yourself convey the executable LGPLed library along with your application, whether linked with statically or dynamically, you must also convey the library's sources, in one of the ways for which the LGPL provides. https://copyleft.org/guide/comprehensive-gpl-guidech12.html#x15-11500011.5 Taken all together, LGPLv3 §4’s primary implications for redistributors are two-fold, as follows: If you create a program that links through a shared library mechanism to a work that is separately distributed under LGPLv3, then you can distribute the resultant program under a license of your choice and you need not convey the LGPLv3’d work’s source code. If you distribute the library along with your program, or are the separate distributor of the work in another context or as another product, you must distribute its corresponding source under the terms of LGPLv3 or GPLv3-or-later. If you choose to statically link or otherwise combine your program with an LGPLv3’d work via mechanisms other than a shared library, you may choose your own license for the work provided the license terms limitations for user modification, reverse engineering and debugging are met, and given that the LGPL’d components are still governed by LGPL’s terms. You must offer or provide CCS for the LGPL’d components. The source code material provided must be sufficient to regenerate the combined work with a user-modified version of the LGPL’d components. feel free to reopen if something is wrong.
