From 09fb7ccc3f1712411c61cbf54766c3c12c8296b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Wong Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 08:11:31 +0000 Subject: license: use LGPLv2.1 or later (was LGPL (2.1|3.0)-only) There is currently no LGPLv4, so this change has no effect at the moment. In case the LGPLv4 arrives and I am not alive to approve/review it, the lesser of evils is have give blanket approval of all future LGPL versions (as published by the FSF). The worse evil is to be stuck with a license which cannot guarantee the Free-ness of this project in the future. This unfortunately means the FSF can theoretically come out with license terms I do not agree with, but the LGPLv2.1 and LGPLv3 will always remain an option to all users. --- LICENSE | 8 +++----- raindrops.gemspec | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE index 4dde807..a3dbff6 100644 --- a/LICENSE +++ b/LICENSE @@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ revision control for names and email addresses of all of them. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) as published by the Free Software Foundation, version {2.1}[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt] or -or {3}[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt] (see link:COPYING). -The raindrops project leader (Eric Wong) reserves the right to -relicense raindrops under future versions of the LGPL. +later. Currently version {3}[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt], +is preferred (see link:COPYING). raindrops is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or @@ -14,5 +13,4 @@ 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 the raindrops; if not, write to the Free Software -Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 +along with the raindrops; if not, see diff --git a/raindrops.gemspec b/raindrops.gemspec index 2a51b88..c5d6e87 100644 --- a/raindrops.gemspec +++ b/raindrops.gemspec @@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s| s.add_development_dependency('unicorn', '>= 0.98') s.add_development_dependency('wrongdoc', ['~> 1.6.2', '>= 1.6.2']) - # s.licenses = %w(LGPLv3) # accessor not compatible with older RubyGems + s.licenses = %w(LGPLv2.1+) end -- cgit v1.2.3-24-ge0c7