Re: Clarification on license of gdbus-codegen generated code

[Jens Georg <mail jensge org>]

> > * Generated by gdbus-codegen %s. DO NOT EDIT.
> > *
> > * The license of this code is the same as for the source it was 
> > derived
> > from.
> >
> > I'm looking for a clarification on the term "source" here. Is it the
> > XML D-Bus interface description?
>
> I am not a significant copyright holder on gdbus-codegen, but I believe
> the intention is to say that the "source" refers to the introspection 
> XML
> (D-Bus interface description) that is its input, the output is licensed
> the same as that input, and putting it through gdbus-codegen does not
> result in any new copyright interest or new licensing.

Thanks :)

> (In other words, just like the way you use gcc to compile foo.c to 
> foo.o,
> and foo.o is assumed to have the same license as foo.c.)

Yes, that would also be my understanding of the sentence. Unfortunately 
I would
need a clear statement on that because I'm besieged by important persons 
on this
topic ;)