Re: [PATCH] distro: Add util-linux.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> skribis:

> Nikita Karetnikov <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> 3. 'util-linux' uses a lot of licenses. According to
>> 'README.licensing', it uses GPLv3+, GPLv2+, GPLv2, LGPLv2+, BSD with
>> advertising, and Public Domain. GPLv2+ is the default license for code
>> without an explicitly defined license.
>
> Btw, what tools from util-linux is it that you believe are important?
> If the licensing situation is unclear, maybe those could be moved to
> some GNU project (CoreUtils/InetUtils/...?).

Unfortunately, Coreutils is no longer sufficient:

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2012-05/msg00101.html

And IIRC the latest Ineutils release lacks a few tools compared to
net-tools, no?

Thanks,
Ludo’.