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Re: gplv3 files and updates


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: gplv3 files and updates
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:34:33 -0600
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According to Paul Eggert on 7/13/2007 12:41 PM:
> 
> Going back to using copies (instead of symbolic links) when
> bootstrapping would not merely be a minor annoyance for me; it would
> be a real hassle and would make the resulting programs less reliable.

Would it still be possible to keep symlink development (yes, that means
during development, the linked files bear a looser license than necessary,
but only on the developer's machine), so long as a maintainer-check
guarantees a fresh gnulib checkout with proper licenses at 'make dist'
time (so that the tarball has the correct license)?  That way, we could go
with the approach of using LGPL (where allowed) in the gnulib files during
development, and only convert to GPL at distribution time of a client package.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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