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1 $Id: COPYING,v 1.3 2006-10-26 16:20:28 eggert Exp $
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2 The files in here are mostly copyright (C) Free Software Foundation, and
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3 are under assorted licenses. Mostly, but not entirely, GPL.
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5 Many modules are provided dual-license, either GPL or LGPL at your
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6 option. The headers of files in the lib directory (e.g., lib/error.c)
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7 state GPL for convenience, since the bulk of current gnulib users are
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8 GPL'd programs. But the files in the modules directory (e.g.,
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9 modules/error) state the true license of each file, and when you use
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10 'gnulib-tool --lgpl --import <modules>', gnulib-tool either rewrites
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11 the files to have an LGPL header as part of copying them from gnulib
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12 to your project directory, or fails because the modules you requested
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13 were not licensed under LGPL.
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15 Some of the source files in lib/ have different licenses. Also, the
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16 copy of maintain.texi in doc/ has a verbatim-copying license, and
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17 doc/standards.texi and make-stds.texi are GFDL. Most (but not all)
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18 m4/*.m4 files have nearly unlimited licenses.