Re: error, getprogname: Relicense under LGPLv2+

[Pino Toscano]

On Monday, 22 March 2021 16:28:57 CET John David Anglin wrote:
> On 2021-03-22 10:37 a.m., Jim Meyering wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 6:09 AM Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> 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.
> > Fine with me to relicense.
> Same here.

I agree with the relicensing to LGPLv2+.

It actually was my original intention (that's why I created a new
module), apparently missing the important fact that the unversioned
"LGPL" means "v3+".

Thanks,
-- 
Pino Toscano

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