On 03/02/2011 10:38 AM, Pieter Hintjens wrote:

> It's rather more general than that. The LGPL is the GPL plus some
> additional terms. The GPL allows you to remove any additional terms
> when you redistribute (L)GPL-licensed code. So you can redistribute
> any LGPL code under the GPL, no matter how you use that code.

Precisely.

> However, our software is explicitly licensed as a library, under the
> LGPL. This patch is inconsistent with our license terms, IMHO.

Code can be incosistent with differnt code, license can be inconsistent 
with another license, but what does "code is incosistent with license" 
mean? That it allows you to do something that is prohibited to the license?

If so, that's not the case. Reusing the code is explicitly allowed by 
GPL provided that the result remains licensed under GPL.

Btw, speaking of licenses. It's 2011 so we should change file headers to 
reflect that. At the same time we can change the wording to mention all 
the copyright holders (i.e. referencing the AUTHORS file).

Martin
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