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changeset 5258:bff440dded40
Note about licensing, from Simon Josefsson.
author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> |
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date | Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:02:50 +0000 |
parents | 5cde461db6dc |
children | baa6ee54bb3c |
files | README |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/README +++ b/README @@ -38,6 +38,21 @@ If your functions define completely new but rarely used functionality, you should probably consider packaging it as a separate library. +License +------- + +GNULib contain code both under GPL and LGPL. Because several packages +that use GNULib are GPL, the files state they are licensed under GPL. +However, to support LGPL projects as well, you may use some of the +files under LGPL. The "License:" information in the files under +modules/ clarify the real license that apply to source. + +Keep in mind that if you submit patches to files in GNULib, you should +license them under a compatible license. Which means that sometimes +the contribution will have to be LGPL, if the original file is +available under LGPL via a "License: LGPL" information in the +projects' modules/ file. + How to add a new module -----------------------