dirmngr: GPLv2+, some files GPLv3+

Petr Uzel petr.uzel at suse.cz
Tue Nov 16 13:42:36 CET 2010


On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 08:51:48PM +0100, Werner Koch wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:27, petr.uzel at suse.cz said:
> 
> > The license of dirmngr claims to be GPLv2+. In the package the files
> > dirmngr-1.0.2.tar.bz2/dirmngr-1.0.2/doc/yat2m.c
> > dirmngr-1.0.2.tar.bz2/dirmngr-1.0.2/src/b64dec.c were found which are licensed
> > under the GPLv3+. In the case of doc/yat2m.c it looks as though the GPLv3
> 
> Well, that is possible.  I see what I can do about it.
> 
> > As far as I understand, the src/b64dec.c was imported from GnuPG, which is
> > GPLv3.
> >
> > Shouldn't dirmngr license be switched to GPLv3 ?
> 
> Dirmngr development has stopped because dirmngr is now a part of GnuPG
> proper.

Thank you for the reply.

Regards,

Petr

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Petr Uzel
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