[HAWQ-976] Incompatible BSD 4-clause licenses

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0.0-incubating
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0.0-incubating
• Labels: licensing
• Assignee: Ed Espino
• Reporter: Ed Espino
• Created: 03/Aug/16 00:12
• Updated: 08/Sep/16 01:24
• Resolved: 08/Sep/16 01:24

Description

The following files were highlighted as being incompatible BSD 4-clause license (http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-a) by PMC member Justin Mclean. He also provided a link (ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/4bsd/README.Impt.License.Change) indicating the advertising clause has since been rescinded and this might not be an issue. This needs to be validated.

• src/backend/port/dynloader/freebsd.c
• src/backend/port/dynloader/netbsd.c
• src/backend/port/dynloader/openbsd.c
• src/bin/gpfdist/src/gpfdist/glob.c
• src/bin/gpfdist/src/gpfdist/include/glob.h
• src/include/port/win32_msvc/glob.h
• src/port/glob.c

The third clause should be replaced as follows:

original

 * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
 *    must display the following acknowledgement:
 *      This product includes software developed by the University of
 *      California, Berkeley and its contributors.

new

 * 3. <BSD Advertising Clause omitted per the July 22, 1999 licensing change 
 *		ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/4bsd/README.Impt.License.Change> 

Here is an external example of it's use: http://code.metager.de/source/xref/busybox/libbb/progress.c