[Savannah-hackers] Re: request for license change for the libcroco project.

[Mathieu Roy]

Dodji Seketeli <address@hidden> said:

> Hi,
> 
> I am the main programmer and maintainer of the libcroco project
> which main page is hosted on savannah.
> Due to the fact that libcroco is going to be used by some
> of the GNOME core libraries and due to the implied licensing concerns,
> I have decided to re-licence libcroco under the LGPL in place of the
> initial GPL.
> 
> Unfortunately, I do not know how to change the licensing information on
> the savannah main page of the libcroco project. Could you please
> tell me how to do that or do it if I cannot ?

We'll do it for you. 


Can you tell us what are the "implied licensing concern"? Is there
"GNOME core libraries" that cannot be linked against a GPLed software?
Did you read "Why you shouldn't use the Lesser GPL for your next
library"? 
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html

Regards,


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Mathieu Roy
 
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