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[bug#61950] gnu: nettle-2: Add lgpl3+ to licenses.

Message ID 20230306185603.9936-1-antero@mailbox.org
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Series [bug#61950] gnu: nettle-2: Add lgpl3+ to licenses. | expand

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Antero Mejr March 6, 2023, 6:56 p.m. UTC 
* gnu/packages/nettle.scm (nettle-2)[license]: Add lgpl3+.
---
Revised patch with additional license information.

 gnu/packages/nettle.scm | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Leo Famulari March 6, 2023, 9:20 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 06:56:03PM +0000, Antero Mejr wrote:
> -    (license gpl2+)))
> +    (license (list lgpl3+ ;dual licensed, see COPYING.LIB/COPYING.LESSERv3 file
> +                   gpl2+)))) ;COPYING, renamed to COPYINGv2 in later versions

I don't understand the comment.

What is 'COPYING.LIB'? That file doesn't exist in the source code of
nettle 3.7.3.

Are users free to choose a license? Do they apply to different use
cases? Where do the Nettle authors explain the licensing?
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/nettle.scm b/gnu/packages/nettle.scm
index ea26ba3b2d..131da1f329 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/nettle.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/nettle.scm
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@  (define-public nettle-2
 fit in easily in almost any context.  It can be easily included in
 cryptographic toolkits for object-oriented languages or in applications
 themselves.")
-    (license gpl2+)))
+    (license (list lgpl3+ ;dual licensed, see COPYING.LIB/COPYING.LESSERv3 file
+                   gpl2+)))) ;COPYING, renamed to COPYINGv2 in later versions
 
 (define-public nettle
   ;; This version is not API-compatible with version 2.  In particular, lsh