Re: abiword-embed relicensing

On Sat, 2009-01-31 at 14:45 +0100, J.M. Maurer wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-01-31 at 08:31 -0500, Patrick Lam wrote:
> > You can always unilaterally relicense code under the LGPL to be under
> > the GPL. The relevant clause of LGPL v3 is 2b: "you may convey a
> > modified version... under the GNU GPL"; there is a clause in LGPL v2
> > as well.
>
> I was 99% sure of that, but to be safe I decided to ask. Thanks for the
> re-assurance.

Oh, and the other reason to ask: if it is legally allowed to have it
LGPL, then I don't mind at all keeping it LGPL. But I think LGPL is not
even allowed: it links to GPLed code, so it should be GPL as well.

Or am I missing some kind of license hack, where the plugin can be LGPL,
while the abiword code is GPL?

  Marc

> Marc
>
> > pat
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 8:19 AM, J.M. Maurer <uwog@uwog.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > To Robert Staudinger and Tomeu Vizoso:
> > >
> > > There is some example code to embed abiword in firefox available here:
> > >
> > > http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/abiword-embed;a=summary
> > >
> > > Robert and Tomeu are listed as AUHTORS. I would like to request you two
> > > to relicense the code (just the .c and .h files; I plan to ditch the
> > > buildsys stuff). The COPYING file states it's released under the LGPL,
> > > which I think is wrong: it links to gplv2+ code, so it should be
> > > something like GPLv2+.
> > >
> > > So: would you be willing to relicense the code to GPLv2+?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Marc
> > >
> > >
Received on Sat Jan 31 14:47:46 2009