Re: error, getprogname: Relicense under LGPLv2+

[Jim Meyering]

On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 6:09 AM Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> wrote:
> I would like to use the module 'clean-temp' and, with it, the modules 'error'
> and 'getprogname' in a library under GPLv2+ (namely, GNU libffcall) and in a
> gnulib module for JIT support.
>
> To this effect, I would like to ask for your permission to relicense these
> modules (error and getprogname) from LGPLv3+ to LGPLv2+.
>
> The lib/error.c code is based on the one in glibc (LGPLv2+). Here we would 
> need
> the approval of
>   Pino Toscano
>   for 
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=commitdiff;h=f29814b96c9737abc8193d57d630697700feebeb
>   Paul Eggert
>   for 
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=commitdiff;h=aad5573e2e307ba42eea5b6b76b0b9788a5eaaec
>
> For lib/getprogname.c we would need the approval of
>   Pino Toscano
>   Paul Eggert
>   Jim Meyering
>   Gisle Vanem
>   Daniel Richard G
>   John David Anglin
>   Benji Wiebe
>
> To give your approval, please reply with the mailing list in CC.

Fine with me to relicense.