From: Bruno Haible Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 17:47:13 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Update the meaning of the license abbreviations. X-Git-Tag: v0.0~114 X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.org.uk/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=85392f85300352373c54186bdd503c8a28f16359;p=gnulib.git Update the meaning of the license abbreviations. --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index d1afe9edd..7401df028 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2007-10-07 Bruno Haible + * doc/gnulib-intro.texi (Copyright): Update the meaning of the license + abbreviations in the modules files. + Change copyright notice from GPLv2+ to GPLv3+. * README: Change copyright notice. * MODULES.html.sh: Likewise. diff --git a/doc/gnulib-intro.texi b/doc/gnulib-intro.texi index 304edd2c6..63137fefc 100644 --- a/doc/gnulib-intro.texi +++ b/doc/gnulib-intro.texi @@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ proofreading the patch. Most modules are under the GPL. Some, mostly modules which can reasonably be used in libraries, are under LGPL. The source files always say "GPL", but the real license specification is in the module -description file. If the module description file says "GPL", it currently -means "GPLv2+" (GPLv2 or newer, at the licensee's choice); if it says "LGPL", -it currently means "LGPLv2+" (LGPLv2 or newer, at the licensee's choice). +description file. If the module description file says "GPL", it means +"GPLv3+" (GPLv3 or newer, at the licensee's choice); if it says "LGPL", +it means "LGPLv3+" (LGPLv3 or newer, at the licensee's choice). More precisely, the license specification in the module description file applies to the files in @file{lib/} and @file{build-aux/}. Different