On Thu, 3 Nov 2022 at 15:18, Emilian Bold <emilian.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I was browsing GeoTools and I see conflicting evidence about the exact > license: > > 1. https://github.com/geotools/geotools/blob/main/LICENSE.md lists LGPL > v2.1 > 2. The GitHub README has the http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html > which goes to LGPL v3 > 3. The website https://geotools.org/about.html correctly links to > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html > 4. The pom.xml (https://github.com/geotools/geotools/blob/main/pom.xml#L35 > ), which is part of the binary JARs, mentions > http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.txt which again serves LGPL v3. > Is this not covered by "any later version" ? > > Basically, you need to make sure that all link to gnu.org point > towards the specific version otherwise GNU will replace the version in > time and always serve the latest LGPL version... > > A PR for Maven, etc. should be easy, just use > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt > > We're happy to receive pull requests at any time as we are a volunteer managed project. Ian
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