From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46909C2D0DB for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2020 19:17:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1346E2075D for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2020 19:17:02 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="gl9/rgps" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2387556AbgAXTRB (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:17:01 -0500 Received: from mail-wm1-f46.google.com ([209.85.128.46]:50874 "EHLO mail-wm1-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2387683AbgAXTRB (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:17:01 -0500 Received: by mail-wm1-f46.google.com with SMTP id a5so541059wmb.0; Fri, 24 Jan 2020 11:16:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=NVgy0lYIavDAsk5TdKFdtxlyaFip4mNRyTLE6SI9Fts=; b=gl9/rgpsy8UyFX7QflBl7HRfvvG9waAhSa2dwgafLLG1xX7317546Kqz0ashea/4jw B4aF8fiAt98Oh2ju1g7cN76Xad3pmYy3g34krm2TI6gzO2JExn8pNAOdqJ0D9QGnDJtV r1a558CBRM66lgx6RREyHqdmfRGFPUBCCwZae0b70nFJBENHMwJqK6PlccDyuDqKRZLG BRtB+2y+KsI710VbZSQhr6f4H8VIz2Sk8y9ispGobD0lmpavjfi0324f9yhClerOeqJL LeX4+KFGlRyrJL552GrWfZ6i4am40XjH/eitVKJ3qVabXSXGNimWkIykuVsSWl8kwLu/ lyIA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=NVgy0lYIavDAsk5TdKFdtxlyaFip4mNRyTLE6SI9Fts=; b=PkcCp1zh/WNPbmcXH4b18ioFjbk6R4yPq/kqPbeuAJVUntIawaA2nH9KBZmZfmAgZP FCrCa8BOqiaJNFkHu36bx1ibRh0zS91bKoTu0MxFxAtOY/kdmn34J21EAkPppaDVFNeF SZoOPINUtkjQbaZwMis/xqz/WHCwm10nAYnKospdA1Boga5sqZHY7EG3bre6F9wV6bta BZYibSz4agwA5F7gTYm7rwnhLS72r7h75IV07pS9WFbptbp5lc+5Id1YY5jIOUDiEyXS Qwdkni2GBG5PDPMBYc7aF98wfwYOT5lsJTw8i4skS3e5Bew4wjzTaMm5rdFp4b+fQlYU SDEw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUzqYYTDm16ioCCrOKiAVNn15wNsCzMNT57jeN9R3V6/4cA8sj5 WYPMPHRx68t0Z1B13R+3ndkZmFRSGDVmxqXcelg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwIaMBIgp9u4RBMFgNgjHfrbGRQFCndgTcnJptndGTaMsCl9tAyrSKd5hD8JMWls3/97IqKPZvNHLXBGL18K1Q= X-Received: by 2002:a1c:7205:: with SMTP id n5mr622251wmc.9.1579893419173; Fri, 24 Jan 2020 11:16:59 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200121105711.zzeeolydlivqnik7@ws.net.home> In-Reply-To: <20200121105711.zzeeolydlivqnik7@ws.net.home> From: Carlos Santos Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 16:16:47 -0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux v2.35 To: Karel Zak Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, util-linux@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Hi Karel, On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 7:59 AM Karel Zak wrote: > > > The util-linux release v2.35 is available at > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.35/ > > Feedback and bug reports, as always, are welcomed. > > Karel > That's great. Thanks! --8<-- > Changes between v2.34 and v2.35 > ------------------------------- --8<-- > docs: > - Fix adjtime documentation [Pierre Labastie] > - add GPLv3 text [Karel Zak] That's a problem. It makes hwclock hard to include in embedded systems due to the GPLv3 restrictions. I noticed that it comes due to sys-utils/hwclock-parse-date.y, which was taken from gnulib. Would it be possible to take the file from an previous version of gnulib that was still under GPLv2? An alternative approach would be porting a similar code using a more liberal license, e.g. BSD. What do you think? -- Carlos Santos