Re: [PATCH] Fixing LGPL version number

[Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>]

On 08/10/2020 09.54, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 10/8/20 8:05 AM, Chetan Pant wrote:
>> There is no "version 2" of the "Lesser" General Public License. It is
>> either "GPL version 2.0" or "LGPL version 2.1". This patch replaces all
>> occurrences of "LGPL version 2" with "LGPL version 2.1" in comment section.
> 
> This looks like a good cleanup!
> 
> Since you already listed all the files using this license,
> it can be a good opportunity to correct and use the full
> license text (which is miswritten in various places):
> 
> ---
> 
>  Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>
> 
> This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
> the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
> your option) any later version.
> 
> This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser
> General Public License for more details.
> 
> You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
> along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
> Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

Please don't use that version. If the FSF move to another office again, we
have to update the whole mess again.

> Or simpler, add the SPDX identifier tag:
> 
>   SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later

SPDX tags would be cool, of course, but it could also be done in a separate
patch later.

 Thomas