[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Licensing question
- From: "John J. Boyer" <johnjboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:49:59 -0600
Christian,
I think I already answered this question. The license is definitely LGPL
with no modifications. I don't know how the wrong information is still
in http://www.jjb-software.cem/liblouis-guide.html . I thought I had
updated it. Needs another look. Thanks for bringing this up.
John
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 05:25:28PM +0100, Christian Egli wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I just noticed a grave mistake in my texinfo version of the manual. I
> had created it using some other texinfo manual that I had from another
> GNU project, using the same basic structure and title page. This
> included also some licensing information that was included on the title
> page. So I basically moved the licensing information from its own
> section to the title page. In the process of doing this I apparently did
> not copy the proper text from the original. I fixed this now in my local
> copy where I reinserted the "Licensing" section (as a subsection of
> "Programming with liblouis"). I can commit this and we should have the
> texinfo manual reflect the state of the documentation at
> http://www.jjb-software.com/liblouis-guide.html.
>
> However this brings me to the next question: The whole licensing
> situation seems a bit unclear. The COPYING file in the tar ball says
> that liblouis is LGPL. The Google code project page says that it is GPL
> v2 and the manual says it is GPL with permissions and restrictions.
> Which one is right?
>
> LGPL seems to make the most sense to me since it is a library, but it is
> not up to me to decide. We have to respect the original license from the
> copyright holders.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks
> Christian
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>
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