[ClusterLabs] Pacemaker license

Andrew Beekhof andrew at beekhof.net
Tue Jan 12 00:27:48 UTC 2016


> On 6 Oct 2015, at 9:39 AM, Santosh_Bidaralli at Dell.com wrote:
> 
> Dell - Internal Use - Confidential 
> 
> Hello Pacemaker Admins,
>  
> We have a query regarding licensing for pacemaker header files
>  
> As per the given link http://clusterlabs.org/wiki/License, it is mentioned that “Pacemaker programs are licensed under the GPLv2+ (version 2 or later of the GPL) and its headers and libraries are under the less restrictive LGPLv2+ (version 2 or later of the LGPL) .”
>  
> However, website link http://clusterlabs.org/doxygen/pacemaker/2927a0f9f25610c331b6a137c846fec27032c9ea/cib_8h.html, states otherwise. 
> Cib.h header file needed to be included in order to configure pacemaker using C API. But the header file for cib.h states that the header file is under GPL license
> This seems to be conflicting the statement regarding header file license.
>  
> In addition, which similar issue has been discussed in the past http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linuxha/pacemaker/75967, no additional details on the resolution.

I thought that was a pretty clear statement, but you’re correct that the licences were not changed.

Does this satisfy?

   https://github.com/beekhof/pacemaker/commit/6de9fde

>  
> Need your inputs on licensing to proceed further.
>  
> Thanks & Regards
> Santosh Bidaralli
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>  
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