Hi Denis, Denis Leroy wrote: > There are a number of copies of COPYING containing the LGPLv2+ (i.e. "or > any later version"), while the source code mentions LGPLv2 (i.e. "no > later version")...
Could you clarify a little bit more what's your concern? I took a look at the LGPL text, and the license itself (i.e., the text in the COPYING file) doesn't seem to dictate one way or another. These are the two paragraphs I'm basing my interpretation on: "0. This License Agreement applies to any software library or other program which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder or other authorized party saying it may be distributed under the terms of this Lesser General Public License (also called "this License"). Each licensee is addressed as "you". " (From term 13:) "Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Library specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If the Library does not specify a license version number, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation." So it seems to imply that what controls the license version and that other versions are allowed is the copyright header in each source file; I checked and all sources seem to say "no later version", so unless I'm misinterpreting the LGPL text, I don't think there's an issue. Also, this is the only version of the LGPL available at the GNU website - I don't see a different version with the "no later version" clause replacing the "any later version" wording above, so that case seems to be implied by term 13. -- - Marcelo ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-devel mailing list open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-devel
