Den tisdag 15 oktober 2024 kl. 13:05:53 CEST, Pádraig Brady <[email protected]> skrev:
>On 15/10/2024 08:07, Simon Josefsson wrote: > > The coreutils code is GPL and the crc module in gnulib is LGPL. I'm > > using the gnulib crc module in some LGPL projects. Is it wortwhile to > > keep the optimization GPL? I would prefer a LGPL crc module that is > > performant, with #ifdef-varianted support for 1) no tables at all, 2) > > small table like today, and 3) your bigger tables, together with support > > for the SSE instruction. If that makes sense and would work. Thoughts? > > Otherwise another approach is to keep a simple LGPL crc module and > > performant crc-gpl module that uses the coreutils code. > We occasionally relicense code from GPL to LGPL where appropriate. > Kristoffer would you be OK with doing this to facilitate > the code being more widely used? > In any case, coreutils will adjust to the single implementation > in gnulib when available. > thanks! > Pádraig Hi! I'm fine with relicensing to LGPL if you find a use for the code in gnulib. /Kristoffer
