Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 13:47:42 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: dougb@freebsd.org, bushman@rsu.ru, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nss_ldap and openldap importing Message-ID: <20060707204742.GA28445@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20060707.143953.-345494968.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <44AD2569.9070007@rsu.ru> <44AD4D27.3060109@FreeBSD.org> <20060707015458.GC500@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <20060707.143953.-345494968.imp@bsdimp.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 02:39:53PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <20060707015458.GC500@odin.ac.hmc.edu> > Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> writes: > : On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 10:49:27AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > : > Michael Bushkov wrote: > : > > Hi, > : > > I'm a FreeBSD SoC 2006 student, I work on the nsswitch/ldap/caching > : > > daemon stuff this summer. One of the tasks, that I have to do is to > : > > import nss_ldap into the source tree. I just want to check the situation > : > > with licenses. > : > > > : > > nss_ldap uses OpenLDAP library, which uses OpenLDAP license > : > > (http://www.openldap.org/software/release/license.html). OpenLDAP > : > > license seems to be BSD-compatible - so there seems to be no problems > : > > with importing it into the source tree. > : > > > : > > nss_ldap itself uses LGPL. As we use nss_ldap only as dynamic library, > : > > which is used in the "larger work" (which FreeBSD is), it can be also > : > > included into the source tree. So, we can import nss_ldap, by directly > : > > importing (with some specific changes, though) it and OpenLDAP into the > : > > source tree, can we? Just want to be sure that I understand licensing > : > > situation correctly. > : > > : > My understanding is that we are generally trying to avoid importing any new > : > code that has any sort of GPL license. That would certainly be my (personal) > : > preference in any case. > : > : Unless we have someone crediably committed to rewritting nss_ldap I > : think this is a good place to make an exception. We can always remove > : it later if an implementation exists, but we could really use better > : integration with ldap. > > Especially if this is integrated into the system such that it is easy > to disable.. It should be pretty easy to have a WITH/WITHOUT_LDAP and _NSS_LDAP options. We're only talking about two directories at this point. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFErshtXY6L6fI4GtQRAoP5AKC9EUsHEMw9CJcycEQAyDXzIVxmSgCgkLqK rXQCDi/KYIJcE0LrwjtfLYY= =uZ/q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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