Re: [libgpiod] consider changing the license of the C++ bindings

[Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>]

czw., 13 lut 2020 o 11:15 Helmut Grohne <helmut.grohne@xxxxxxxxxx> napisał(a):
>
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 01:58:40PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > one more thing that's unclear to me: I found this post[1] on the eigen
> > mailing list and started wondering: what makes MPL2 better than LGPL3?
> ...
> > [1] https://listengine.tuxfamily.org/lists.tuxfamily.org/eigen/2008/02/msg00003.html
>
> Thank you for pointing me to this. I mostly looked at the LGPL-2.1 and
> overlooked the fact that libgpiod already uses the "later version"
> language permitting use of LGPL-3. Indeed, the situation is much better
> for LGPL-3 due to precisely the paragraphs referenced in that mail.
>
> Thank you
>
> Helmut

Does explicit relicensing to LGPL-3 make sense to avoid any potential confusion?

Bart