Error report to glibc: some files are under GPL instead of LGPL

[Portner, Norbert]

Unfortunately I found that some of the Files in glibc (even in 2.3.6) is using GPL, not LGPL as the library should be.

I guess that this is happened by mistake - can you confirm that?

 

I would appreciate very much if the FSF could do 2 things:

1) give explicit allowance to use that file under LGPL

2) change the license clause, so that future versions will be LGPL.

 

Can you get a general permission from the copyright holders that allows using all files in glibc as if they were licensed LGPL?

 

Files affected are:

glibc-2.3.6/iconv/strtab.c

glibc-2.3.6/intl/plural.c

 

Best regards

Norbert Portner
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