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| author | Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> | 2014-03-26 18:25:47 -0400 |
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| committer | Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org> | 2014-03-27 09:04:37 +0100 |
| commit | d763f1b33d8273b5bfaafe43865849c71086607d (patch) | |
| tree | 73eecd5fe70d4a8e5e25bfb86a3df2750ec9f30b /README | |
| parent | 7ec4f6a75eded49b450b118181ec7f74b3dfd559 (diff) | |
| download | gnutls-d763f1b33d8273b5bfaafe43865849c71086607d.tar.gz | |
update README to reflect gmplib licensing change
As of version 6.0.0, gmplib moved its licensing from LGPLv3+ to a
dual-license LGPLv3+/GPLv2+ license.
This licensing change affects the licenses under which versions of
GnuTLS can be redistributed.
Update the README to reflect this change.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -104,11 +104,13 @@ LICENSING Since GnuTLS version 3.1.10, the core library has been released under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 or later. -Note, however, that new versions of the gmplib library used by GnuTLS -are distributed under LGPLv3, and as such binaries of this library -need to be distributed under LGPLv3. If this is undesirable older -versions of the gmplib which are under LGPLv2.1 (e.g., version 4.2.1) -may be used instead. +Note, however, that version 6.0.0 and later of the gmplib library used +by GnuTLS are distributed under a LGPLv3+ or GPLv2+ dual license, and +as such binaries of this library need to be distributed under the same +LGPLv3+ or GPLv2+ dual license. If this is undesirable older versions +of the gmplib which are under LGPLv2.1 (e.g., version 4.2.1) may be +used instead. (gmplib versions between 4.2.2 through 5.1.3 were +licensed under LGPLv3+ only). The GNU LGPL applies to the main GnuTLS library, while the included applications as well as gnutls-openssl |