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Re: Change license of filenames.h to LGPL


On 24/09/16 08:46, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was asked by Ozkan Sezer (CC'ed) whether I'd agree to relicense
> include/filenames.h under LGPL2+ instead of GPL2+.
> 
> I talked to Richard Stallman (in private email), and he authorized the
> change.  So now I'm proposing the corresponding change to you.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> P.S.  Please CC me on any responses, as I'm not subscribed to this
> list.

I believe the master copy for this file is in the GCC repository, so
this needs to be sent to the gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org list.

R.

> 
> ======================================================================
> Relicense include/filenames.h as LGPL2+.
> 
> include/ChangeLog:
> 
> 2016-09-24  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
> 
> 	* filenames.h: Relicense as LGPL 2.1 or later.
> 
> diff --git a/include/filenames.h b/include/filenames.h
> index 44553e4..b933bcf 100644
> --- a/include/filenames.h
> +++ b/include/filenames.h
> @@ -10,18 +10,19 @@
>  This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
>  
>  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> -it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> -the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> -(at your option) any later version.
> +it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
> +published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
> +License, or (at your option) any later version.
>  
>  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> -GNU General Public License for more details.
> +GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
>  
> -You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> -along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> -Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
> +You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> +License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> +Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
> +02110-1301, USA.  */
>  
>  #ifndef FILENAMES_H
>  #define FILENAMES_H
> 


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