Re: [libvirt] Use gnulib's c-ctype.h; prohibit use of <ctype.h>
Daniel Veillard <veillard(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 02:39:06PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Jim Meyering <jim(a)meyering.net> wrote:
> > Following up on this thread:
> >
> > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.libvirt/6338/focus=6349
> >
> > This change removes all uses of ctype macros and ensures
> > that no new ones will be added.
> >
> > The other changes I mentioned will come later.
> >
[...]
>
> I should mention that there is a prerequisite patch
> to add the c-ctype module and pull in gnulib-related updates:
>
> >From 105399f605ff7c4c7f5148f18ea08cb63c8c0411 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Jim Meyering <meyering(a)redhat.com>
> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 13:59:48 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] Prepare to use gnulib's c-type module.
Oops problem !
Assuming c-ctype licence is LGPL i'm all for it but I find
That's not a problem (and this is documented -- but to find it,
you have to dig).
The authoritative source for the license is specified in
the module-definition file, gnulib/modules/c-ctype. It is LGPLv2+.
Besides, our invocation of gnulib-tool (in bootstrap) requires that
any module be compatible with LGPLv2+ via its --lgpl=2 option,
so this is checked automatically. You may rest assured that
any module I propose for addition has the right copyright.
In addition, when gnulib-tool copies the files into gnulib, it
rewrites the license to be what we require:
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.