Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] libinconv and its license

[Daniel Steiner]

Hello Bruno, Laurent,

now I'm clear!

Thanks a lot for your help!

Best regards,
Daniel

Am Do., 2. Apr. 2020 um 01:52 Uhr schrieb Bruno Haible <address@hidden>:

Laurent Lyaudet wrote:
> With respect to the license update, it should be LGPL v3.0

No. This would prevent linking GNU libiconv with GPLv2 programs.
Citing [1]:
  "Please note that LGPLv3 is not compatible with GPLv2 by itself."
See also [2].

> I don't know the best practice when some repo contains code that is GPL and
> code that is LGPL.

The best practices are:
  - to add a copyright notice to every file that has copyrightable content
    and is relevant,
  - to add a copy of the license(s) in a file in the root directory of the
    package,
  - if some disambiguation is needed, do it where appropriate (I consider
    the README file appropriate).

Bruno

[1] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License#Compatibility_and_multi-licensing