Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jim Meyering writes ("Re: willing to contribute verrevcmp to gnulib?"):
>> Depending on the code: GPL, LGPL, LGPLv2+.
>> For this function, LGPL or LGPLv2+ would be appropriate,
>> since it's intended to replace glibc's strverscmp.
>
> Right. I hereby permit, insofar as I am able, the relicensing of
> dpkg's lib/vercmp.c, as LGPLv2+.
>
> The copy of the verrevcmp function (which is the one I think you
> probably want as you probably don't want the epoch and revision stuff
> which is rather Debian-package-specific) in dpkg 1.13.25 appears to
> have been rewritten. I don't remember rewriting it so I presume that
> the new implementation (the one currently in use) was written by
> someone else.
>
> Probably it was written by whoever did the `~' support. dpkg's git
> history should say.
Thanks, Ian.
Bruno was noting that you are listed as the copyright holder.
I know it can seem silly, but it's better if the FSF is the copyright
holder. Would you be willing to assign copyright to the FSF?
