From: Eric Blake Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 21:45:04 +0000 (-0600) Subject: mgetgroups: relax license to LGPLv2+ X-Git-Tag: v0.1~98 X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.org.uk/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=612ef3f7eabd0630941517d225e866a7fb7a3b3e;p=gnulib.git mgetgroups: relax license to LGPLv2+ getgrouplist is part of glibc and LGPLv2+; the mgetgroups module is merely an ease-of-use wrapper around this interface. There's nothing in the algorithm worth protecting by the more-restrictive GPLv3+. See also this thread. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2013-05/msg00092.html * modules/getugroups (License): Change from GPLv3+. * modules/mgetgroups (License): Likewise. * modules/getgroups (License): Change from LGPLv3+. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 60a61c5e6..692fbc334 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ 2013-07-03 Eric Blake + mgetgroups: relax license to LGPLv2+ + * modules/getugroups (License): Change from GPLv3+. + * modules/mgetgroups (License): Likewise. + * modules/getgroups (License): Change from LGPLv3+. + xalloc-oversized: relax license to LGPLv2+ * modules/xalloc-oversized (License): Change from GPLv3+. diff --git a/modules/getgroups b/modules/getgroups index 66ff12f2a..9926a1244 100644 --- a/modules/getgroups +++ b/modules/getgroups @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Include: License: -LGPL +LGPLv2+ Maintainer: Jim Meyering, Eric Blake diff --git a/modules/getugroups b/modules/getugroups index c79c74ba9..f36355344 100644 --- a/modules/getugroups +++ b/modules/getugroups @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Include: "getugroups.h" License: -GPL +LGPLv2+ Maintainer: Jim Meyering diff --git a/modules/mgetgroups b/modules/mgetgroups index cdfa5701f..76eee0140 100644 --- a/modules/mgetgroups +++ b/modules/mgetgroups @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Include: "mgetgroups.h" License: -GPL +LGPLv2+ Maintainer: Jim Meyering, Eric Blake