Re: error, getprogname: Relicense under LGPLv2+

[Benji Wiebe]

Yes I give permission to relicense my code as requested.

On 3/22/21 8:08 AM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> I would like to use the module 'clean-temp' and, with it, the modules 'error'
> and 'getprogname' in a library under GPLv2+ (namely, GNU libffcall) and in a
> gnulib module for JIT support.
>
> To this effect, I would like to ask for your permission to relicense these
> modules (error and getprogname) from LGPLv3+ to LGPLv2+.
>
> The lib/error.c code is based on the one in glibc (LGPLv2+). Here we would need
> the approval of
>    Pino Toscano
>    for 
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=commitdiff;h=f29814b96c9737abc8193d57d630697700feebeb
>    Paul Eggert
>    for 
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=commitdiff;h=aad5573e2e307ba42eea5b6b76b0b9788a5eaaec
>
> For lib/getprogname.c we would need the approval of
>    Pino Toscano
>    Paul Eggert
>    Jim Meyering
>    Gisle Vanem
>    Daniel Richard G
>    John David Anglin
>    Benji Wiebe
>
> To give your approval, please reply with the mailing list in CC.
>
> Bruno
>
>
> diff --git a/modules/error b/modules/error
> index 33116ec..a0fb4c0 100644
> --- a/modules/error
> +++ b/modules/error
> @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Include:
>   "error.h"
>   
>   License:
> -LGPL
> +LGPLv2+
>   
>   Maintainer:
>   all, glibc
> diff --git a/modules/getprogname b/modules/getprogname
> index 7cbad31..94e5518 100644
> --- a/modules/getprogname
> +++ b/modules/getprogname
> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Include:
>   "getprogname.h"
>   
>   License:
> -LGPL
> +LGPLv2+
>   
>   Maintainer:
>   All