* COPYING: Explain how gnulib-tool converts licence headers.

Almost all wording by Eric Blake.

diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index a2036fe..9a209ca 100644 (file)
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
-$Id: COPYING,v 1.2 2004-09-15 15:59:43 karl Exp $
+$Id: COPYING,v 1.3 2006-10-26 16:20:28 eggert Exp $
 The files in here are mostly copyright (C) Free Software Foundation, and
 are under assorted licenses.  Mostly, but not entirely, GPL.
 
+Many modules are provided dual-license, either GPL or LGPL at your
+option.  The headers of files in the lib directory (e.g., lib/error.c)
+state GPL for convenience, since the bulk of current gnulib users are
+GPL'd programs.  But the files in the modules directory (e.g.,
+modules/error) state the true license of each file, and when you use
+'gnulib-tool --lgpl --import <modules>', gnulib-tool either rewrites
+the files to have an LGPL header as part of copying them from gnulib
+to your project directory, or fails because the modules you requested
+were not licensed under LGPL.
+
 Some of the source files in lib/ have different licenses.  Also, the
 copy of maintain.texi in doc/ has a verbatim-copying license, and
 doc/standards.texi and make-stds.texi are GFDL.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7b0200f..eac3f3a 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-10-26  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       * COPYING: Explain how gnulib-tool converts licence headers.
+       Almost all wording by Eric Blake.
+
 2006-10-25  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
        * lib/mbchar.h (is_basic_table): Make read-only.