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Re: new module: relpath


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: new module: relpath
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:02:13 +0200

Akim Demaille wrote:
> Le 16 juin 2012 à 17:25, Bruno Haible a écrit :
>> Hi Akim,
> Hi Bruno,
> Thanks for the detailed comments.
...
>>> +Depends-on:
>>> +canonicalize
>>> +dirname
>>> +error
>>> +pathmax
>>> +stdbool
>>> +xalloc
>>> +...
>>> +License:
>>> +GPLv3+
>>
>> This module may produce error messages and be under GPL. Then the module
>> is not usable in shared libraries. If you want a module that is more widely
>> usable, consider an interface that returns error codes  or error strings,
>> remove the dependencies to 'error' and 'xalloc', and change the license
>> to 'LGPL'.
>
> I don't feel entitled to change the license :(  That's the license the
> code was under in coreutils.

Hi Akim,

IMHO, changing to LGPL is fine here.
If it really bothers you, let me know and I'll make/push
the license-changing commit.



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