Re: License inconsistency for `verify'

[Bruno Haible]

Karl Berry wrote:
>     Yes. But it's an important convenience; without it, some people could not
>     work efficiently with gnulib.
> 
> My recollection is that after discussions with rms and Brett, we
> previously concluded that it would be better all around for the notices
> in the files to reflect the actual license (LGPL), and for gnulib-tool
> to adjust the license if needed (switch to GPL).  And that this was
> feasible because coreutils uses gnulib-tool now.

Where were the conclusions of the discussions with RMS on this topic
made public?

My recollection is that it was a long discussion, and Paul's arguments
were hitting deaf ears for a long time, until finally [1][2][3][4] Brett
understood them and [3][4] promised to talk with RMS about it. Brett has
not written to this list since then. Therefore I don't know the results
of these conversations with RMS after 2007-10-18.

Bruno

[1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2007-10/msg00225.html
[2] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2007-10/msg00252.html
[3] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2007-10/msg00274.html
[4] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2007-10/msg00277.html