licenses of some thirdparty projects incomplete or missing

[joachimmetz]

https://github.com/sleuthkit/autopsy/tree/develop/thirdparty/ewfexport_exec

missing libewf license and zlib license also that of vcruntime140.dll

https://github.com/sleuthkit/autopsy/tree/develop/thirdparty/rr-full

missing license of p2x5124.dll

https://github.com/sleuthkit/autopsy/tree/develop/thirdparty/rr

missing license for project and that of p2x5124.dll

And likely many more

[joachimmetz]

It is good that the README.txt indicates that this project contains code with other licenses. However that is not sufficient for some licenses as (L)GPL where a copy of the license needs to be included https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.en.html

And more specifically https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#UnchangedJustBinary

[hieronymous]

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On Sep 28, 2020, at 10:33 PM, Joachim Metz [email protected] wrote:

 It is good that the README.txt indicates that this project contains code with other licenses. However that is not sufficient for some licenses as (L)GPL where a copy of the license needs to be included https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.en.html

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[rcordovano]

@joachimmetz, we have addressed the missing licenses you cite in the imminent Autopsy 4.18.0 release. We have created a "story" in our internal issue tracking system (Atlassian Jira) about looking for additional places where licenses are missing and need to be supplied. Thanks!

[joachimmetz]

@rcordovano excellent thanks that is good news. Note that licensing also will apply to binaries distributed outside of an Autopsy release by the Autopsy project(s)