Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Clause in a license header

[Joan Lledó]

Thanks Karl

Al 27/01/14 22:59, En/na Karl Berry ha escrit:
>      I've found this clause at the end of a license header:
>      [...]
>      It is part of this submission:
>      https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?13049
>
>      Is there any problem on approving it?
>
> Hi Joan.  It's ok.  It's like the original libgcc/libstdc++ exception,
> and just allows people to use the code without being bound by the GPL,
> I.e., non-copyleft.  Since we don't insist on copyleft for savannah
> (e.g., "public domain" is ok), it's not a problem.
>
> (The meaningless three-character project identifier starting with "g"
> seems pretty unfortunate to me, but such is life, I guess.)
>
> karl