Bug 807724

Summary:	libglusterfs: contrib/rbtree license, replace GPLV3+ with LGPL or BSD
Product:	[Community] GlusterFS	Reporter:	Kaleb KEITHLEY <kkeithle>
Component:	unclassified	Assignee:	Kaleb KEITHLEY <kkeithle>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Shwetha Panduranga <shwetha.h.panduranga>
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Version:	mainline	CC:	gluster-bugs
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Description Kaleb KEITHLEY 2012-03-28 14:53:37 UTC

Description of problem:

The rbtree source we're carrying in the tree is licensed under GPLV3+, and is an
impediment to partners and third parties writing add-ons for glusterfs. It could be trivially replaced with a more recent version of the same code, which is licensed under LGPL, or with a bit more work, with BSD licensed implementation from FreeBSD. 


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

All

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Comment 1 Anand Avati 2012-04-25 20:19:55 UTC

CHANGE: http://review.gluster.com/3008 (contrib/rbtree license GPL -> LGPL) merged in master by Anand Avati (avati)

Comment 2 Anand Avati 2012-04-30 18:19:31 UTC

CHANGE: http://review.gluster.com/3252 (contrib/rbtree: additional license from Richard Fontana) merged in master by Anand Avati (avati)

Comment 3 Shwetha Panduranga 2012-05-30 06:58:41 UTC

Verified the license for the files under libglusterfs

Copy pasting the contents from one of the file : libglusterfs/src/inode.c

/*
  Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Red Hat, Inc. <http://www.redhat.com>
  This file is part of GlusterFS.

  This file is licensed to you under your choice of the GNU Lesser
  General Public License, version 3 or any later version (LGPLv3 or
  later), or the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPLv2), in all
  cases as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*/

Verified the bug on 3.3.0qa44.