Re: [Bug-gnulib] Re: licenses again

[Bruno Haible]

Simon Josefsson wrote:
> It seems as if the code to replace LGPL with GPL could be moved from
> srclist-update to "gnulib-tool --import", if you want to make sure
> Texinfo or whatever include GPL'd copies.

That would be the right place where to put this conversion, if everyone
was using gnulib-tool. But Paul Eggert says that manual copying from
gnulib's CVS is also common.

> I'm also not sure I see the point of making sure the gnulib copy in
> Texinfo would say GPL instead of LGPL, if the copy in gnulib is
> available under LGPL.

See the thread that started at
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2002-11/msg00050.html

Bruno