# HG changeset patch
# User Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
# Date 1184287747 0
# Node ID 88ca1c53f8c38bd3550a02d98638b3a6707adcc7
# Parent  f5d60677ace5f20197a7f34b9637eaf5c366fd51
Clarify the license abbreviations in the modules files.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-07-12  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	* doc/gnulib-intro.texi (Copyright): Clarify the license abbreviations
+	in the modules files.
+
 2007-07-11  Karl Berry  <karl@gnu.org>
 
 	* MODULES.html.sh (func_module): use
diff --git a/doc/gnulib-intro.texi b/doc/gnulib-intro.texi
--- a/doc/gnulib-intro.texi
+++ b/doc/gnulib-intro.texi
@@ -212,7 +212,9 @@
 Most modules are under the GPL.  Some, mostly modules which can
 reasonably be used in libraries, are under LGPL.  The source files
 always say "GPL", but the real license specification is in the module
-description file.
+description file.  If the module description file says "GPL", it currently
+means "GPLv2+" (GPLv2 or newer, at the licensee's choice); if it says "LGPL",
+it currently means "LGPLv2+" (LGPLv2 or newer, at the licensee's choice).
 
 More precisely, the license specification in the module description
 file applies to the files in @file{lib/} and @file{build-aux/}.  Different