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Re: request to relax license of 'stat-time'
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Eric Blake |
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Re: request to relax license of 'stat-time' |
Date: |
Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:02:51 -0600 |
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On 07/10/2012 10:20 AM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Eric Blake wrote:
>>> Libvirt would like to use lib/stat-time.h to portably get at nanosecond
>>> timestamps from an LGPLv2+ license; but this file is currently licensed
>>> LGPLv3+. Any objections to relaxing the license, particularly since
>>> POSIX 2008 guarantees that stat() should be returning this information
>>> and the stat module is already LGPLv2+?
>
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> That is fine with me.
>> (Bruno and Paul should also sign off)
>
> Fine with me as well.
> We also need James' signoff, for the 2007-03-27 commit.
James was already asked about this once before:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2010-07/msg00154.html
but that email left it ambiguous whether his permission was for LGPLv2+
or LGPLv3+.
I guess that means we're still waiting for a reply on this thread.
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Eric Blake address@hidden +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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