Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] doc: clone+build instructions

On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 08:17:01AM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote: > Daniel Veillard wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 10:28:35PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote: > >> I realized it'd be nice to include instructions > >> on how to build from a just-cloned repository, so copied > >> most of this new file, README-hacking, from coreutils: > > [...] > >> +Copyright (C) 2002-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > >> + > >> +This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify > >> +it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by > >> +the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 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 General Public License for more details. > >> + > >> +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License > >> +along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>;. > > > > Good idea but let's keep things LGPL :-) > > > > ACK once changed to proper Licence > > Doesn't the LGPL vs. GPL(3) issue matter only > for something that is linked into the library? A README in the top level directory exposing a GPL licence is an invitation to confusion. So no I stand by this, too bad if this means we need to rewrite the part instead of copying it.