* [PATCH] license: use LGPLv2.1 or later (was LGPL (2.1|3.0)-only)
@ 2014-02-18 8:16 Eric Wong
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From: Eric Wong @ 2014-02-18 8:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: raindrops
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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
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
--
Eric Wong
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