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| author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2016-12-02 04:00:33 +0100 |
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| committer | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2016-12-02 04:02:52 +0100 |
| commit | 5705307b89e16446a0801fa73524593b3f1157b5 (patch) | |
| tree | d93fd910059bc8a08de2b0630dc28418b0689f1d /doc | |
| parent | 76524497421bcb79f863504b024ac5423cd7e0f1 (diff) | |
| download | libunistring-5705307b89e16446a0801fa73524593b3f1157b5.tar.gz | |
Change license to LGPLv3+ or GPLv2.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/libunistring.texi | 28 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/libunistring.texi b/doc/libunistring.texi index 15baa3a..43a6ba5 100644 --- a/doc/libunistring.texi +++ b/doc/libunistring.texi @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ This manual is for GNU libunistring. @ignore @c This was: @copying but it triggers a makeinfo 4.13 bug -Copyright (C) 2001-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This manual is free documentation. It is dually licensed under the GNU FDL and the GNU GPL. This means that you can redistribute this @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ A copy of the license is included in @ref{GNU GPL}. @page @vskip 0pt plus 1filll @c @insertcopying -Copyright (C) 2001-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This manual is free documentation. It is dually licensed under the GNU FDL and the GNU GPL. This means that you can redistribute this @@ -937,9 +937,27 @@ particular file or directory. Here is a summary: @itemize @bullet @item -The @code{libunistring} library is covered by the -GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). -A copy of the license is included in @ref{GNU LGPL}. +The @code{libunistring} library and its header files are dual-licensed under +"the GNU LGPLv3+ or the GNU GPLv2". This means, you can use it under either +@itemize +@item @minus{} +the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3 or +(at your option) any later version, or +@item @minus{} +the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2, or +@item @minus{} +the same dual license "the GNU LGPLv3+ or the GNU GPLv2". +@end itemize +You find the GNU LGPL version 3 in @ref{GNU LGPL}. This license is +based on the GNU GPL version 3, see @ref{GNU GPL}. +@* +You can find the GNU GPL version 2 at +@url{https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html}. +@* +Note: This dual license makes it possible for the @code{libunistring} library +to be used by packages under GPLv2 or GPLv2+ licenses, in particular. See +the table in @url{https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility}. + @item This manual is free documentation. It is dually licensed under the |