PS: Actually, I looked at some source code and there's no mention of "or later". So the license is specifically LGPL 2.1 with no alternatives.
--emi On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 6:46 PM Emilian Bold <emilian.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Is this not covered by "any later version" ? > > Not at all. > > This is an user option: some may want the old 2.1 others 3 (or 4 or 5). By > pushing the latest license version you are removing the option. > > Plus, by using only the latest version you are retroactively changing the > license for existing releases. > > It's not good to have ambiguity about the licensing terms. > > A PR about license terms does not feel to me like something a first time > contributor should do... It's no biggie to change some URLs in pom.xml but it > would have more (legal) weight if done by somebody with some standing within > the project. > > --emi > > joi, 3 nov. 2022, 18:35 Ian Turton <ijtur...@gmail.com> a scris: >> >> >> >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ GeoTools-GT2-Users mailing list GeoTools-GT2-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users
