Re: poll and gethostname module license

[Paul Eggert]

Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> writes:

> As far as gethostname is concerned, I am not the author.

I just looked at it.  gethostbyname.c is GNU code and it's a trivial
implementation of a standard library function, so the LGPL seems
appropriate.

> For poll, I have no opposition and the code is based on GNU Pth, which
> is under the LGPL.

Thanks for the followup.  I installed this:

2005-09-27  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * modules/gethostname (Licence): Change from GPL to LGPL, since
        gethostname.c is a trivial implementation of a standard library
        function.
        * modules/poll (License): Change from GPL to LGPL, since it's
        derived from LGPL code.

--- modules/gethostname 22 Sep 2004 15:11:04 -0000      1.4
+++ modules/gethostname 27 Sep 2005 21:36:44 -0000
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ Makefile.am:
 Include:
 
 License:
-GPL
+LGPL
 
 Maintainer:
 all
-
--- modules/poll        22 Jul 2005 22:04:12 -0000      1.6
+++ modules/poll        27 Sep 2005 21:36:44 -0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Include:
 #include <poll.h>
 
 License:
-GPL
+LGPL
 
 Maintainer:
 Paolo Bonzini  <address@hidden>