Re: [libgpiod][PATCH 1/2] licensing: relicense C++ bindings under LGPL-2.1-or-later

[Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Commit ea84f882d5d3 ("licensing: relicense C++ library code under
> LGPL-3.0-or-later") changed the license of C++ bindings in order to
> solve potential issues with code generated from templates[1], default
> implementations, etc. However this change makes the bindings less
> attractive to projects that have strict licensing restrictions and avoid
> GPL-3.0 code[2].
>
> After talking to Grant Likely I decided that the best approach is to
> make the bindings available under LGPL-v2.1-or-later and simply let the
> end user decide which version's text to apply.
>
> While at it: tweak the README to also mention that examples are provided
> under GPL-2.0-or-later.
>
> Link: [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-gpio/msg46605.html
> Link: [2] https://github.com/brgl/libgpiod/issues/72
> Suggested-by: Walter Lozano <walter.lozano@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>