Re: [PATCH 5/6] gnu: Add ceph.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi!

Marius Bakke <address@hidden> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

>>> +    ;; Ceph is licensed under LGPL2.1, but includes a number of components
>>> +    ;; covered by other licenses. Consult COPYING for full information.
>>> +    (license (list license:lgpl2.1
>>> +                   license:cc-by-sa3.0    ; documentation
>>> +                   license:bsd-2          ; xxHash
>>> +                   license:bsd-3
>>> +                   license:gpl3
>>> +                   license:gpl2
>>> +                   license:public-domain
>>> +                   license:boost1.0
>>> +                   license:expat))))
>>
>> No “or any later version” clause for the GNU licenses here?
>
> Oops, yes, there are some gpl2+ files at least. But Ceph itself is
> LGPL2.1 only AFAICT; the COPYING file has a debian-style copyright
> format and adds "or later" on some components but not on '*'. No
> copyright headers in the source files I've checked.
>
> Unfortunately COPYING does not cover the bundled components, so I still
> have some digging to do.

OK.

>> other issues, that looks good.  Great work!
>
> Thanks! I'm sure there is a lot of work remaining to make *everything*
> work (e.g. 'ceph-deploy'), but will make sure it's possible to provision
> a cluster the "old school" way at least :-)

Cool.  :-)

I guess it can be fixed incrementally as you stumble upon problems.

Cheers,
Ludo’.