combmag-zz / jquery-formatcurrency

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Inconsistent Licensing information. #28

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
The website for this project[1] says that the code is licensed under the GNU 
Lesser GPL. The LICENSE.txt file in the released .zip file contains the LGPL 
additions to the GPL (though the GPL is not distributed with the archive so the 
license text is incomplete as distributed).

Yet, the .js files state that they are distributed under the GPL license, 
contradicting the statements above.

In my opinion (I am not a lawyer!) this makes the jquery-formatcurrency plugin 
distributable only under the GPL (since it's not clear whether the LGPL 
additional permissions are in effect).

Also, the FSF informs[2] that LGPL programs also need to distribute the text of 
the GPL since the LGPL text is just an addition and references clauses of the 
GPL.

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[1] - https://code.google.com/p/jquery-formatcurrency/
[2] - https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html

Original issue reported on code.google.com by thiago.b...@gmail.com on 18 Dec 2011 at 1:35

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
Noted and checked in updates to ensure Lesser license.  Thanks.

Please feel free to validate in the source code

Original comment by bdewe...@hotmail.com on 19 Dec 2011 at 4:01

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
Thanks for quickly addressing the issue.

Original comment by thiago.b...@gmail.com on 19 Dec 2011 at 6:18