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Re: setproctitle()


From: Alfred M. Szmidt
Subject: Re: setproctitle()
Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 11:51:41 -0400

   >> Can you simply declare the copyright to be LGPLv2+?  Many
   >> modules are already LGPLv2+ (see modules/*).
   >
   > I could if I were just releasing the code myself, but if the FSF
   > needs a copyright assignment, does that not imply that I no
   > longer get to choose the copyright?

   As original author, you get to choose the license that will be used
   within gnulib.  I see nothing wrong with you declaring that the
   setproctitle module is LGPLv2+.

If the FSF is the copyright holder, then there is no (legal) need to
ask the original author about permission to relicense the work.  It
might be a nice thing to do, but if the original author says no for
some reason, the FSF can still relicense the work; they are the
copyright holders.





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