On 09/21/2016 10:28 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> The compiler.h file has no license header, just a comment >> saying "public domain", which is obviously not the case >> if you add this macro. >> >> Given that you'll need to explicitly mention the license terms >> for ignore_value. eg with a comment line like >> >> /* The ignore_value() macro is taken from GNULIB ignore-value.h, >> * licensed under the terms of the LGPLv2+ >> */ > > Our tree has a mix of licenses, which is enough of a pain. Mixing > licenses within *files* is even worse, and might not even be legally > sound. > > Relicense the whole file under our preferred license GPLv2+?
That works too. No one can legally complain - the current license is so permissive that marking the entire file LGPLv2+ is permitted by the current license. It's a one-way conversion (we can't go back once we do it), but I would be fine with that approach. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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