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Re: Relicence explicit_bzero to GPL2+/LGPL3 dual
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: Relicence explicit_bzero to GPL2+/LGPL3 dual |
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Thu, 09 Apr 2020 17:37:23 +0200 |
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Hi Florian,
> > Could be possible to relicence this module under dual GPL2+ LGPL3 licence?
> >
> > Code is from glibc thus LGPL2+ and it will be useful for some program
> > like fwknop
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> Isn't this implied by LGPL2+?
Yes, GPLv2+_or_LGPLv3+ is a weaker license than LGPLv2+.
But the module is currently under LGPLv3+; that's what stated in the module
description [1].
To satisfy Bastien's request, it would be sufficient to make this change:
diff --git a/modules/explicit_bzero b/modules/explicit_bzero
index 81d41d1..08fd3e4 100644
--- a/modules/explicit_bzero
+++ b/modules/explicit_bzero
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Include:
<string.h>
License:
-LGPLv3+
+LGPLv2+
Maintainer:
all
The only contributor who made significant changes to this module after
it was taken from glibc (where it is under LGPLv2+) is Paul Eggert.
Therefore he has to decide.
Bruno
[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/Gnulib-licensing.html