From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Guenter Roeck Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 17:32:42 +0000 Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] libsensors license question - GPL or LGPL ? Message-Id: <5477603A.70105@roeck-us.net> List-Id: References: <54762A5A.7030601@roeck-us.net> In-Reply-To: <54762A5A.7030601@roeck-us.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lm-sensors@vger.kernel.org Hi Jean, On 11/27/2014 02:24 AM, Jean Delvare wrote: > Hi Guenter, > > On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 11:30:34 -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote: >> libsensors is supposed to be licensed under LGPL as far as I can see >> and recall. However, doc/developers/applications reads: >> >> Note that libsensors falls under the GPL, not the LGPL. >> In more human language, that means it is FORBIDDEN to link any application >> to the library, even to the shared version, if the application itself >> does not fall under the GPL. This may or may not be changed in the future. >> Contact us if you wish to discuss your application. >> >> Is that an oversight from earlier versions or on purpose ? >> The source refers to LGPL as far as I can see, and the comment in >> lib/libsensors.3 states that it is distributed under LGPL. > > This is an horrible oversight. libsensors was originally under GPL, > but I changed the license to LGPL with the approval of all authors and > copyright holders: > http://www.lm-sensors.org/wiki/LibsensorsLicense > > So starting with version 3.2.0, the only license for libsensors is LGPL. > > I'll fix the documentation immediately, thanks for pointing out my > mistake. > No problem, thanks for the clarification. Guenter _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors