Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok, so the gettext version currently in Incoming (which still has many > files saying "this is LGPLed") is illegal, right?
No. Many of the standard GNU source trees come this way by themselves (bundled with sources from various GNU libs with the original LGPL references intact). Debian distributes them happily. The LGPL clause that allows this is probably section 6 which allows one to build and distribute binaries of derived works as long as the user has enough sources or object code to replace the LGPL code in the binary with a modified version (roughly). Distributing source, as GPL mandates it surely fits this. There's also a requirement to distribute the LGPL itself with the derived work. I suppose this could be met by simply referencing the LGPL from /usr/doc/foo/copyright in addition to GPL. -- Henning Makholm http://www.diku.dk/students/makholm
