Licensing Question

[krtaylor]

On 8/8/18 5:45 PM, Patrick Venture wrote:
> So, I've spent the last hour trying to submodule my way to using
> ipmitool.  I've managed to get it compiling for just the one file I
> need (or want).  However, then I try to link it and then more failures
> for things that are missing, such as helper methods.  So, then I add
> the file that has those, and then it doesn't compile because that file
> doesn't compile.  This is of course, not compiling with the -Werror
> flag among other things with gcc.
> 
> So, I can keep battling this, or I can ask -- the license for the
> ipmitool just says I need to keep a copy of the license with the
> source if I reuse it.  So, I can do that, and I can hack it up to work
> -- but where I'm curious is -- how does that impact the license of
> phosphor-ipmi-flash?

Not a legal professional. That said, it depends on the license and 
linking, packaging, etc.

I am assuming phosphor-ipmi-flash is Apachev2, so linking to any GPL may 
have viral effects. ipmitool looks to be bsd so it *should* be ok.

Kurt Taylor (krtaylor)