Re: error, getprogname: Relicense under LGPLv2+

[John David Anglin]

On 2021-03-22 10:37 a.m., Jim Meyering wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 6:09 AM Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> wrote:
>> I would like to use the module 'clean-temp' and, with it, the modules 'error'
>> and 'getprogname' in a library under GPLv2+ (namely, GNU libffcall) and in a
>> gnulib module for JIT support.
>>
>> To this effect, I would like to ask for your permission to relicense these
>> modules (error and getprogname) from LGPLv3+ to LGPLv2+.
>>
>> The lib/error.c code is based on the one in glibc (LGPLv2+). Here we would 
>> need
>> the approval of
>>   Pino Toscano
>>   for 
>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=commitdiff;h=f29814b96c9737abc8193d57d630697700feebeb
>>   Paul Eggert
>>   for 
>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=commitdiff;h=aad5573e2e307ba42eea5b6b76b0b9788a5eaaec
>>
>> For lib/getprogname.c we would need the approval of
>>   Pino Toscano
>>   Paul Eggert
>>   Jim Meyering
>>   Gisle Vanem
>>   Daniel Richard G
>>   John David Anglin
>>   Benji Wiebe
>>
>> To give your approval, please reply with the mailing list in CC.
> Fine with me to relicense.
Same here.

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John David Anglin  dave.anglin@bell.net