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[Help-gnutls] Re: Using LGPLv3+ license for libgnutls?
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Simon Josefsson |
Subject: |
[Help-gnutls] Re: Using LGPLv3+ license for libgnutls? |
Date: |
Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:01:23 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) |
Joe Orton <address@hidden> writes:
> On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 02:30:48PM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote:
>> RMS asked if there are is reason GnuTLS should remain LGPLv2.1+ instead
>> of using LGPLv3+.
>>
>> The reasons I'm familiar with includes lynx under GPLv2-only. Gnucash
>> is also said to contain GPLv2-only code.
>>
>> Are there other reasons not to use LGPLv3+?
>
> Here's a list of packages from Fedora Raw Hide which link against GnuTLS
> and have license tags indicating GPLv2-only licensing:
>
> aria2-0.12.0-5.fc10.src.rpm - GPLv2
> climm-0.6.3-1.fc10.src.rpm - GPLv2
> cups-1.3.8-5.fc10.src.rpm - GPLv2
> ekg2-0.2-0.4.rc1.fc10.src.rpm - GPLv2
> gobby-0.4.6-1.fc10.src.rpm - GPLv2
> hardinfo-0.4.2.3-6.fc10.src.rpm - GPLv2
> jd-2.0.1-0.2.beta080901.fc10.src.rpm - GPLv2
> snort-2.8.1-5.fc10.src.rpm - GPLv2
> sobby-0.4.4-5.fc10.src.rpm - GPLv2
> xfce4-mailwatch-plugin-1.0.1-10.fc10.src.rpm - GPLv2
>
> (Note that this list is not necessarily complete since it won't include
> packages which have not yet had their License tags audited.)
Thanks for the list!
I tried to do some systematic searches, but the debian copyright
information tends to be incorrect (not mentioning versions) or difficult
to parse.
I recognize cups, snort and ekg, and they are fairly well known.
/Simon
- [Help-gnutls] Using LGPLv3+ license for libgnutls?, Simon Josefsson, 2008/09/09
- Re: [Help-gnutls] Using LGPLv3+ license for libgnutls?, Alex Hudson, 2008/09/09
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- [Help-gnutls] Re: Using LGPLv3+ license for libgnutls?,
Simon Josefsson <=
- [Help-gnutls] Re: Using LGPLv3+ license for libgnutls?, Daniel Kahn Gillmor, 2008/09/09
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- [Help-gnutls] Re: Using LGPLv3+ license for libgnutls?, David Marín Carreño, 2008/09/10
- [Help-gnutls] Re: Using LGPLv3+ license for libgnutls?, Simon Josefsson, 2008/09/10
- [Help-gnutls] Re: Using LGPLv3+ license for libgnutls?, Stephane Bortzmeyer, 2008/09/10
- [Help-gnutls] Re: Using LGPLv3+ license for libgnutls?, Simon Josefsson, 2008/09/10
- [Help-gnutls] Re: Using LGPLv3+ license for libgnutls?, Stephane Bortzmeyer, 2008/09/10
- [Help-gnutls] Re: Using LGPLv3+ license for libgnutls?, Simon Josefsson, 2008/09/10
- [Help-gnutls] Re: Using LGPLv3+ license for libgnutls?, Simon Josefsson, 2008/09/10