Re: gnulib-tool --lgpl doesn't convert gplv3 to lgplv2.1

2007-10-29 Thread Simon Josefsson
Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Simon Josefsson wrote: >> However, some modules says GPLv2 in the files, and the GPL part of >> libidn uses GPLv3. It seems confusing to refer to GPLv2. This text is >> not modified by gnulib-tool now. How about the following patch? > > There are many

Re: gnulib-tool --lgpl doesn't convert gplv3 to lgplv2.1

2007-10-29 Thread Bruno Haible
Simon Josefsson wrote: > However, some modules says GPLv2 in the files, and the GPL part of > libidn uses GPLv3. It seems confusing to refer to GPLv2. This text is > not modified by gnulib-tool now. How about the following patch? There are many more files like this. Until the issue between Bret

Re: gnulib-tool --lgpl doesn't convert gplv3 to lgplv2.1

2007-10-29 Thread Simon Josefsson
Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2007-10-28 Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * gnulib-tool: Allow specifying the LGPL version number through > --lgpl=2 or --lgpl=3. > (func_usage): Document --lgpl with argument. > Handle --lgpl=... arguments. > (func_i

Re: gnulib-tool --lgpl doesn't convert gplv3 to lgplv2.1

2007-10-28 Thread Bruno Haible
Simon Josefsson wrote: > > The complexity of distributing a library under one license and the > > corresponding tools under another license is very manageable. I do this > > for libiconv and gettext. You distribute both COPYINGv2 and COPYINGv3, and > > add a statement to the README, saying that the

Re: gnulib-tool --lgpl doesn't convert gplv3 to lgplv2.1

2007-10-21 Thread Simon Josefsson
Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi Simon, > >> > In the current situation (where we care about the distinction between >> > LGPLv2+ and LGPLv3+ but where GPL means GPLv3+ always), >> >> That hasn't been clear to me: GnuTLS still uses GPLv2 for compatibility >> with other GPLv2 applicat

Re: gnulib-tool --lgpl doesn't convert gplv3 to lgplv2.1

2007-10-21 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Simon, > > In the current situation (where we care about the distinction between > > LGPLv2+ and LGPLv3+ but where GPL means GPLv3+ always), > > That hasn't been clear to me: GnuTLS still uses GPLv2 for compatibility > with other GPLv2 applications/libraries, and we can't (and don't) use > GPL

Re: gnulib-tool --lgpl doesn't convert gplv3 to lgplv2.1

2007-10-19 Thread Simon Josefsson
Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Simon Josefsson wrote: >> I noticed this for the dummy.c module, which after been imported with >> --lgpl said: >> >>This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify >>it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licens

Re: gnulib-tool --lgpl doesn't convert gplv3 to lgplv2.1

2007-10-16 Thread Bruno Haible
Simon Josefsson wrote: > I noticed this for the dummy.c module, which after been imported with > --lgpl said: > >This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify >it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by >the Free Software Foundati

gnulib-tool --lgpl doesn't convert gplv3 to lgplv2.1

2007-10-16 Thread Simon Josefsson
I noticed this for the dummy.c module, which after been imported with --lgpl said: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License