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changeset 17430:4b1922190fd5
xalloc-oversized: relax license to LGPLv2+
Unlike the bulk of xalloc* which calls exit() on allocation failure,
and thus is unacceptable in a library, the xalloc-oversized.h header
is a mere macro that makes checks for allocation overflow possible in
all sorts of portable code. In fact, the LGPLv2+ module malloca
already has a copy of this check, arguing that this header is more
useful under a permissive license. See also this thread.
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2013-05/msg00092.html
* modules/xalloc-oversized (License): Change from GPLv3+.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
author | Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> |
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date | Wed, 03 Jul 2013 15:38:07 -0600 |
parents | 0d0daceb5bdd |
children | f397e0c78a14 |
files | ChangeLog modules/xalloc-oversized |
diffstat | 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/ChangeLog Wed Jul 03 15:34:30 2013 -0600 +++ b/ChangeLog Wed Jul 03 15:38:07 2013 -0600 @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2013-07-03 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + xalloc-oversized: relax license to LGPLv2+ + * modules/xalloc-oversized (License): Change from GPLv3+. + nproc: relax license to LGPLv2+ * modules/nproc (License): Change from LGPLv3+.