Re: [Libguestfs] Hivex licensing question
On 11/26/10 10:48 AM, "Jim Meyering" <jim(a)meyering.net> wrote:
Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> The Makefiles are GPL, but they don't affect the library or
the
> programs in any way. They constitute a separate program used to build
> the software.
>
> Rich.
>
> CC'd to Jim: This analysis is a pain, and gnulib-tool doesn't let you
> say "I want to use LGPL for this directory and GPL for this other
> directory".
Yes, that is inconvenient.
The alternative is to have two separate gnulib-style libraries,
one with the lgplv2+ modules you use, and another for those
additional ones that you use from gplv3 applications.
But that is a lot of inconvenience for not much gain.
This has been lamented and discussed/justified several times
on the bug-gnulib mailing list.
Taking that as a hint not to go charging off onto bug-gnulib@, and looking
at the bug-gnulib archive, Bruno Haible says in
http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-gnulib@gnu.org/msg20323.html:
"The header is updated automatically when you import the file into your
project, assuming you invoke gnulib-tool with the option --lgpl or
--lgpl=2."
Is this a solution Hivex can use?
Hen