-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andreas Ericsson wrote: > Holger Weiss wrote: >> I thought so, too, but I checked before my other posting and most of >> Gnulib is actually LGPL'd, despite the headers in the C files: >> >> | Many modules are provided dual-license, either GPL or LGPL at your >> | option. The headers of files in the lib directory (e.g., lib/error.c) >> | state GPL for convenience, since the bulk of current gnulib users are >> | GPL'd programs. But the files in the modules directory (e.g., >> | modules/error) state the true license of each file, and when you use >> | 'gnulib-tool --lgpl --import <modules>', gnulib-tool either rewrites >> | the files to have an LGPL header as part of copying them from gnulib >> | to your project directory, or fails because the modules you requested >> | were not licensed under LGPL. >> >> [ http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=blob_plain;f=COPYING ] >> >> AFAICS, we're currently not using any of the GPL-only Gnulib files. >> >> Anyway, if you (or others) would like to upgrade to GPLv3, I'm perfectly >> fine with that. I just stated my personal preference, but the license >> question isn't important to me.
Thanks for the clarification, Holger. I'll check whenever we can --lgpl it. > For the plugins it won't matter in the slightest which version is used, > as it isn't a library and so other programs will never have to think > about it. That will only become an issue if someone tries to use the > API functions in a GPLv2-only program. Holger have plans to make a C library similar in functionality to Nagios::Plugin. Although that would not be an issue either if the library is lgpl'ed, a discussion about the license of this project haven't even started... - -- Thomas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHhjX96dZ+Kt5BchYRAurTAJ0dQxRaIs0pDr+JWeOE/l5ZpJBzyQCgrP0W KO1k1yaDl3Rlkmp+dN0ZAqw= =SrOh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
