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FFLAS-FFPACK - Finite Field Linear Algebra Subroutines / Package
http://linbox-team.github.io/fflas-ffpack/
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fix license in readme (remains ambiguity GPL/LGPL) #360

Open vneiger opened 2 years ago

vneiger commented 2 years ago

The README file mentioned the licensing in a supposed "LICENSE" file. It seems it would rather be the "COPYING" or the "COPYING.LESSER" file. The latter concerns the LGPL, which is the announced licensing.

Before merging: is it necessary to keep both files, including "COPYING" which is about the GPL? If not, I would suggest to remove it (and modify the README line accordingly).

vneiger commented 1 year ago

Many checks failing, but probably not due to this PR since only one line in the readme file was changed. To push forward this minor PR: I see the files refer consistently to the LGPL, however often by mentioning the file COPYING (which currently contains the GPL, not the LGPL). We may want to still include the GPL (some generated files, configure, build-aux/config.sub, ... mention it). I suggest to move the LGPL text to COPYING, and use another clearly labelled file for the GPL for example as gpl-3.0.txt (thus removing the file COPYING.lesser on the way). Seems good?