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authorMarcus Brinkmann <mb@g10code.com>2003-07-31 17:53:57 +0000
committerMarcus Brinkmann <mb@g10code.com>2003-07-31 17:53:57 +0000
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2003-07-31 Marcus Brinkmann <marcus@g10code.de>
* README: Clarify copyright conditions. * src/mkstrtable.awk: Don't claim in the copyright information that this program is part of libgpg-error. * src/mkerrnos.awk: Likewise. * src/mkerrcodes1.awk: Likewise. * src/mkerrcodes2.awk: Likewise.
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@@ -5,7 +5,20 @@ This is a library that defines common error values for all GnuPG
components. Among these are GPG, GPGSM, GPGME, GPG-Agent, libgcrypt,
pinentry, SmartCard Daemon and possibly more in the future.
-See the file COPYING for copyright and warranty information.
+libgpg-error is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version. See the file
+COPYING.LIB for copyright and warranty information.
+
+However, some files (for example src/mkerrnos.awk) used in the build
+process of the library are covered by a different license. Please see
+the header of these files and the file COPYING for copyright and
+warranty information on these files. A special exception in the
+copyright license of these files makes sure that the output in the
+build process, which is used in libgpg-error, is not affected by the
+GPL.
+
Installation
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