From 2c54b27bf34dccedede4f8becdd71602c603552d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruno Haible Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:49:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify the license abbreviations in the modules files. --- ChangeLog | 5 +++++ doc/gnulib-intro.texi | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 28913c472..b060d492d 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2007-07-12 Bruno Haible + + * doc/gnulib-intro.texi (Copyright): Clarify the license abbreviations + in the modules files. + 2007-07-11 Karl Berry * MODULES.html.sh (func_module): use diff --git a/doc/gnulib-intro.texi b/doc/gnulib-intro.texi index efac23d4e..00f500378 100644 --- a/doc/gnulib-intro.texi +++ b/doc/gnulib-intro.texi @@ -212,7 +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. +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). More precisely, the license specification in the module description file applies to the files in @file{lib/} and @file{build-aux/}. Different -- 2.11.0