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wmww / gtk-layer-shell

A library to create panels and other desktop components for Wayland using the Layer Shell protocol
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Relicense to LGPLv3 #40

Closed wmww closed 4 years ago

wmww commented 4 years ago

Relicense the project as a whole under LGPLv3, but keep all source files individually licensed under MIT. This will be convenient moving forward as I add peaces of GTK into this library. It's not essential that I do it this way, but I see no major downside (since everyone using us is also using GTK, there's no harm being on the same license).

Any objections @myfreeweb @alebastr others?

Closes #39.

valpackett commented 4 years ago

no, is fine

alebastr commented 4 years ago

+1 Although README additions are a bit misleading. GPLv2-only software may become incompatible with updated gtk-layer-shell.

wmww commented 4 years ago

Good catch. I updated the comment. Better?

jtojnar commented 4 years ago

Could you clarify whether you meant LGPL-3.0-only or LGPL-3.0-or-later? See https://www.gnu.org/licenses/identify-licenses-clearly.html. The latter is preferred: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html.en#VersionThreeOrLater

Also, since version 3.0, LGPL is just an appendix to GPL, so you need to include the whole GPL text too (e.g. in LICENSE_GPL.md.), see License files section on https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html

wmww commented 4 years ago

LGPL-3.0-or-later. (this was already made explicit in the files with this license, but should definitely be in the readme as well). #54 fixes both the issues you raised.