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Re: Incompatible module license.
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Eric Blake |
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Re: Incompatible module license. |
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Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:17:04 -0700 |
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According to Yoann Vandoorselaere on 12/17/2007 3:18 AM:
> Hi,
>
> The glob module is licensed under LGPLv2+, and was previously compatible
> with the module it depended on.
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> I wanted to perform an update today, but there has been changes to the
> glob module that make it depend on non LGPL modules:
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> - openat
Sounds like we need to split openat into two modules - an LGPL one that
does the detection, and a GPL one that provides the replacement; then make
glob depend on openat-detect instead of openat.
- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake address@hidden
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