posix_spawn* license change request

Hi Bruno, Is it possible to have posix_spawn* licenses relaxed to LGPLv2+? Thank you, Adam

Re: findutils on interix

On 10/28/2010 06:43 AM, Markus Duft wrote: > On 10/28/2010 12:08 PM, Markus Duft wrote: >> On 10/28/2010 12:03 PM, James Youngman wrote: >> [snip] >>> In so far as we're likely ever to fix this problem I'd be inclined to >>> go for the 32K limit that Eric suggested. And perhaps treating >>> ENOME

Re: findutils on interix

On 10/28/2010 04:16 PM, Eric Blake wrote: [snip] > > That's exactly what gnulib is - a library of source code workarounds for > broken platform functions. Are you interested in porting your > libsuacomp fixes into gnulib, so that more GNU programs can support > Interix out of the box? (i'll take

Re: posix_spawn* license change request

Hi Adam, > Is it possible to have posix_spawn* licenses relaxed to LGPLv2+? For what package is this? Have you considered releasing this package under LGPLv3+ instead of LGPLv2+? You know about the advantages of GPLv3+ and LGPLv3+ versus version 2:

Re: posix_spawn* license change request

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:34:11 +0200 Bruno Haible wrote: > Hi Adam, > > > Is it possible to have posix_spawn* licenses relaxed to LGPLv2+? > > For what package is this? > > Have you considered releasing this package under LGPLv3+ instead of > LGPLv2+? You know about the advantages of GPLv3+ and

Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] show compiled in options in virsh --version

[adding bug-gnulib] On 10/28/2010 01:25 PM, Daniel Veillard wrote: >>> case 'v': >>> -/* FIXME - list a copyright blurb, as in GNU programs? */ >>> -puts(VERSION); >>> +vshShowVersion(ctl); >>> exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); >> >> Pre-existing bug -

Re: posix_spawn* license change request

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:40:39 -0400 Adam Stokes wrote: > On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:34:11 +0200 > Bruno Haible wrote: > > > Hi Adam, > > > > > Is it possible to have posix_spawn* licenses relaxed to LGPLv2+? > > > > For what package is this? > > > > Have you considered releasing this package unde

Re: posix_spawn* license change request

On 10/28/2010 12:40 PM, Adam Stokes wrote: > On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:34:11 +0200 > Bruno Haible wrote: > >> Hi Adam, >> >>> Is it possible to have posix_spawn* licenses relaxed to LGPLv2+? >> >> For what package is this? netcf, which is currently one of the libraries directly linked into the LGPL

Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] show compiled in options in virsh --version

Eric Blake wrote: > [adding bug-gnulib] > > On 10/28/2010 01:25 PM, Daniel Veillard wrote: case 'v': -/* FIXME - list a copyright blurb, as in GNU programs? */ -puts(VERSION); +vshShowVersion(ctl); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS

Re: posix_spawn* license change request

On 10/28/2010 01:42 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 10/28/2010 12:40 PM, Adam Stokes wrote: >> On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:34:11 +0200 >> Bruno Haible wrote: >> >>> Hi Adam, >>> Is it possible to have posix_spawn* licenses relaxed to LGPLv2+? >>> >>> For what package is this? > > netcf, which is curre

Re: posix_spawn* license change request

Eric Blake wrote: > >> For what package is this? > > netcf, which is currently one of the libraries directly linked into the > LGPLv2+ libvirt. And you have already explained that libvirt needs to stay LGPLv2+, in

Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] show compiled in options in virsh --version

Hi Eric, > >>> case 'v': > >>> -/* FIXME - list a copyright blurb, as in GNU programs? */ > >>> -puts(VERSION); > >>> +vshShowVersion(ctl); > >>> exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); > > The gnulib module closeout can automatically take care of this, but

Re: findutils on interix

On 10/28/2010 04:59 PM, Markus Duft wrote: thinking of gnulib, i can see a lot of potential problems, starting fex, that gnulib modules are copied into the packages, rather than gnulib beeing an installed library that is linked against (is this true always?). It is true that gnulib is usually

Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] show compiled in options in virsh --version

Bruno Haible wrote: > Hi Eric, > >> >>> case 'v': >> >>> -/* FIXME - list a copyright blurb, as in GNU programs? */ >> >>> -puts(VERSION); >> >>> +vshShowVersion(ctl); >> >>> exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); >> >> The gnulib module closeout can automati

Re: findutils on interix

On 10/29/2010 01:11 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > On 10/28/2010 04:59 PM, Markus Duft wrote: >> thinking of gnulib, i can see a lot of potential problems, starting fex, >> that gnulib >> modules are copied into the packages, rather than gnulib beeing an installed >> library >> that is linked against

Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] show compiled in options in virsh --version

On 10/29/2010 04:43 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > Of course. Thanks for the reminder, Bruno. > That is indeed a slippery slope. I was too hasty in saying "ok". > > Eric, one option is to use the GPLv3 for programs like virsh, > then to have a second gnulib library that they would use. Cue "making