On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 09:07:18AM +0200, Bas Wijnen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 01:12:10PM +1000, Craig Small wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 11:02:01AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > > It appears that, although the COPYING file and the website > > > claim that TreeView X is GPL, all the source files have Library GPL > > > headers (except the Nexus ones of course). Technically, what is the > > > licence of TreeView X? LGPL, or GPL? > > Both or neither, anyhow its a problem. > > No, it's not. The LGPL specifies that the user may redistribute the software > under the LGPL, or the GPL. So you (as packager) can simply choose to do your > redistribution under the terms of the GPL. It's a good idea to mention this > in the copyright file, of course. Ah yes, I wasn't aware of clause 3 of the LGPL: "3. You may opt to apply the terms of the ordinary GNU General Public License instead of this License to a given copy of the Library."
Generally speaking, it could be a problem with the headers saying one thing and the COPYING file saying another, but not in this case. - Craig -- Craig Small GnuPG:1C1B D893 1418 2AF4 45EE 95CB C76C E5AC 12CA DFA5 Eye-Net Consulting http://www.enc.com.au/ MIEE Debian developer csmall at : enc.com.au ieee.org debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
