Re: Build system GPLv3+, *.(c|h) LGPLv2.1+ --> What is the library copyright?

To: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@downhill.at.eu.org>
Cc: debian-legal@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Build system GPLv3+, *.(c|h) LGPLv2.1+ --> What is the library copyright?
From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:20:05 +0200
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] u7ebv4-ee4.ln1@argenau.downhill.at.eu.org> (Andreas Metzler's message of "Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:50:22 +0200")
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* 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.

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