[gnutls-help] relicensing the core library to "LGPLv3+ or GPLv2+ dual" ?
Daiki Ueno
ueno at gnu.org
Mon Feb 22 10:07:09 CET 2021
For now the LICENSE file says:
Since GnuTLS version 3.1.10, the core library is released under
the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 or later
(see doc/COPYING.LESSER for the license terms).
but later on:
Note, however, that the nettle and the gmp libraries which are
GnuTLS dependencies, they are distributed under a LGPLv3+ or GPLv2+ dual
license. As such binaries linking to them need to adhere to either LGPLv3+
or the GPLv2+ license.
I'm wondering if it would cause any problem to explicitly license the
core library as a LGPLv3+ or GPLv2+ dual license. Does anyone know of
any use-case where LGPLv2 is required?
Regards,
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Daiki Ueno
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