Re: Build system GPLv3+, *.(c|h) LGPLv2.1+ --> What is the library copyright?
* Andreas Metzler:
> 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>
But this paragraph probably predates the license change, so it's a bit
questionable to use it to resolve the ambiguity caused by the change.
But I agree that the paragraph ver likely captures the intent. But it
never hurts to ask.
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