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Clarify the license abbreviations in the modules files.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:49:07 +0000
parents f5d60677ace5
children b1835d4a5e2a
files ChangeLog doc/gnulib-intro.texi
diffstat 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/ChangeLog
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@@ -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
--- 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