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Licensing confusion
There is some confusion about which license(s) apply to YAEP.
- The README states YAEP is licensed under LGPL version 2
- The copyright file states YAEP is dual licensed under GPL and LGPL, and then references
/usr/share/common-licenses/(GPL|LGPL)
, which, in my case, are symlinks to the newest versions (3.0) of the respective licenses. - The headers of some of the source files (e. g., yaep.c, second comment block) specifically forbid the use of the LGPL.
@vnmakarov could you please clarify:
- Which license do you want to apply to YAEP?
- [ ] GPL?
- [ ] LGPL?
- [ ] GPL/LGPL dual license?
- [ ] Something else?
- Which version(s) of the license(s) do you want to apply?
- [ ] GPL version 2?
- [ ] GPL version 3?
- [ ] LGPL version 2.0 ("library" license)?
- [ ] LGPL version 2.1 ("lesser" license)?
- [ ] LGPL version 3.0?
- [ ] Something else?
- What about future versions of licenses?
- [x] Do you want to allow later versions (the "version X, or (at your option) any later version" clause)?
- [ ] Do you want to allow only the specified versions?
- [ ] Something else?
I can make a pull request fixing those headers/copyright files for you once you indicate what you want.
Sorry for delay with the answer. I was too busy and also needed to think about this for some time.
After some thoughts I decided to move more restrictive license. I think MIT license would be the best for YAEP.
OK. I'm still working on revamping the build/test system. After that, I can make a pull request fixing all the license headers.