[AGENT++] Snmp++ license for Yocto

[Frank Fock]

Hi,

SNMP++ license is not equivalent with the BSD license. However, its licensing scheme cannot be changed anymore.
That is a pity.

Best regards,
Frank 

> On 19. Aug 2018, at 13:10, Isaac Nickaein <nickaein.i at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I am trying to add support for Snmp++ and Agent++ in Yocto. If you are
> familiar with Yocto, you can skip the following paragraph. Otherwise,
> here is a brief description:
> 
> Yocto is a buildsystem widely used in embedded world, similar to
> Buildroot but with much wider contribution. For each
> application/library/component, a recipe can be written in Yocto which
> information like source url, license, dependencies. The recipe also
> have instruction about how the source of application/library can be
> downloaded, compiled and deployed to the target system. For example,
> here is the recipe for ZeroMQ library:
> 
> http://cgit.openembedded.org/meta-openembedded/tree/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/zeromq/zeromq_4.2.5.bb
> 
> I have written similar recipes for Snmp++ and Agent++ libraries and
> planning to push it to upstream so other Yocto users would be able to
> incorporate these libraries in their builds, given they adhere to the
> license.
> 
> Each recipe must specify the license info for the source it is trying
> to build. These are the "standard" supported licenses:
> 
> https://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/tree/meta/files/common-licenses
> 
> Agent++ is licensed as Apache-2.0, but I am unsure about Snmp++. Is
> any of theses supported licenses close enough to mentioned for Snmp++
> (e.g. BSD)?
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