# HG changeset patch # User Bruno Haible # Date 1191779233 -7200 # Node ID 3e3af4f98ada736de88ab039e8bfa237bd6f8a28 # Parent bbbbbf4cd1c5cd713fc51ee202b1ecc78d345275 Update the meaning of the license abbreviations. diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2007-10-07 Bruno Haible + * doc/gnulib-intro.texi (Copyright): Update the meaning of the license + abbreviations in the modules files. + Change copyright notice from GPLv2+ to GPLv3+. * README: Change copyright notice. * MODULES.html.sh: Likewise. diff --git a/doc/gnulib-intro.texi b/doc/gnulib-intro.texi --- a/doc/gnulib-intro.texi +++ b/doc/gnulib-intro.texi @@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ Most modules are under the GPL. Some, mostly modules which can reasonably be used in libraries, are under LGPL. The source files always say "GPL", but the real license specification is in the module -description file. If the module description file says "GPL", it currently -means "GPLv2+" (GPLv2 or newer, at the licensee's choice); if it says "LGPL", -it currently means "LGPLv2+" (LGPLv2 or newer, at the licensee's choice). +description file. If the module description file says "GPL", it means +"GPLv3+" (GPLv3 or newer, at the licensee's choice); if it says "LGPL", +it means "LGPLv3+" (LGPLv3 or newer, at the licensee's choice). More precisely, the license specification in the module description file applies to the files in @file{lib/} and @file{build-aux/}. Different