[PATCH v2] test: correct strlcat license information
Sean Anderson
seanga2 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 3 20:53:26 CET 2025
On 12/2/25 10:20, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote:
> The GPL-2.1 isn't a valid license.
>
> The copyright header says that "These tests adapted from glibc's
> string/test-strncat.c" and test-strncat.c is under the
> LGPL-2.1-or-later.
>
> This was reported to us by Leah Rowe.
>
> Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo at cyberdimension.org>
> ---
> ChangeLog v1->v2:
> * Fixed the SPDX license identifier (LGPL-2.1+ like names are used
> Guix and I'm used to that, sorry for not spoting the issue).
> I've updated the commit message accordingly.
> * Rebased on the 'next' branch.
> ---
> test/lib/strlcat.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/test/lib/strlcat.c b/test/lib/strlcat.c
> index d1a0293271b..dead1dfc70e 100644
> --- a/test/lib/strlcat.c
> +++ b/test/lib/strlcat.c
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.1+
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
> /*
> * Copyright (C) 2021 Sean Anderson <seanga2 at gmail.com>
> * Copyright (C) 2011-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> base-commit: 42a4ff5f63baacc414b564c02541cd1f5c0862ee
My intent was to relicense this under the GPL per the terms of the LGPL.
--Sean
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