Re: Build system GPLv3+, *.(c|h) LGPLv2.1+ --> What is the library copyright?
Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:
> * Andreas Metzler:
>> I think that the resulting library /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.3 does not
>> inherit the licenses of the build-system, and ends up as LGPLv2.1+
>> both in 0.3.x and 1.x. Can you confirm this?
> You should ask the GNUTLS folks. I'm sure they will confirm this.
Hello,
it is obviously what they intended, since they documented it:
<quote libtasn1.texi>
The main features of this library are:
[...]
@item It's Free Software.
Anybody can use, modify, and redistribute the library under the terms
of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 (@pxref{GNU
LGPL}). The command line tools, self-tests and build infrastructure
are licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.0
(@pxref{GNU GPL}).
<unquote>
I had been wondering whether their intent actually works out.
cu andreas
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