[Fedora-legal-list] CGAL license change to (L)GPLv3+

[Laurent Rineau]

Le lundi 13 février 2012 11:30:06 Tom Callaway a écrit :
> If the package contains some libraries under LGPLv3+, and some binaries
> which are under GPLv3+, then "License: LGPLv3+ and GPLv3+" is appropriate.

The package contains some libraries (binaries) that are under LGPLv3+, and a 
huge set of C++ headers (.h files). That headers set is decomposed into "CGAL 
packages", with distinct functionality. Some of those packages (the 
foundations of CGAL, with low-level functionalities) are under LGPLv3+, and 
some other packages (higher level functionalities) are under GPLv3+.

Maybe that would make sense to decompose the CGAL package into two, but there 
is only one upstream tarball. Users have to have a look at the license notice 
in the headers, or to the manual, to know which license applies to a given 
package.

Actually, there is also five files taken from Boost libraries, and shipped 
inside the CGAL tarball, that are under the Boost Software License, v1.0. 
Should I say "License: LGPLv3+ and GPLv3+ and Boost"?

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