Change license of filenames.h to LGPL
Eli Zaretskii
eliz@gnu.org
Wed Sep 28 15:45:00 GMT 2016
> From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
> Cc: DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, sezeroz@gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:43:53 +0200
>
> * Eli Zaretskii:
>
> > If my arithmetics is correct, about 70% of its files is LGPL, the
> > rest GPL. Which doesn't keep many GNU projects under GPL from using
> > Gnulib.
>
> Sorry, I don't understand. Surely anything released under the LGPL by
> the FSF can be upgraded to the current GPLv3? First upgrade to the
> latest LGPL, then switch over to the GPLv3?
>
> (I assume that the FSF releases their works under the âany later
> versionâ regime.)
The above was in response to DJ's questions up-thread:
> > Because Ozkan wants to use it in an otherwise LGPL package.
>
> But then the implementation would need relicensing as well, wouldn't
> it?
>
> Having both under different licenses is just confusing.
Did I misunderstand the question?
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