Re: lgpl compatible files archive?

[Albert Chin]

On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 01:11:05PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Patrice Dumas <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > I am currently packaging a library under the LGPL, so I cannot use the files
> > of the gnulib that are under the GPL. Is there somewhere a project similar
> > with the gnulib but with files with LGPL compatible licences?
> 
> Not that I know of.
> 
> Note that many of the gnulib source files say "GPL" on them, but can
> also be distributed under the terms of the LGPL; gnulib-tool will
> autoconvert their copyright notice when you import them.  Please see
> the modules/* files for the license for each module.

So, even though lib/strtoll.c says it's licensed under the GPL, it's
legal for:
  $ gnulib-tool --import --lgpl strtoll
to change the license to LGPL?

I'm in need of this for strtoll() in wget which isn't available on
HP-UX. However, wget has the OpenSSL exception to the GPL and I don't
want to import strtoll and invalidate the wget license.

-- 
albert chin (address@hidden)