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author | khali <khali@7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0> | 2014-11-27 10:35:06 +0000 |
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committer | khali <khali@7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0> | 2014-11-27 10:35:06 +0000 |
commit | bbdc09f181c0dbd7c8ede72dcdd30829df162328 (patch) | |
tree | bb620c81b080cd70808cc95eda9d809d2f67856e | |
parent | 446a7b650dab99317f44807036f72c852bc9a0a7 (diff) | |
download | lm-sensors-bbdc09f181c0dbd7c8ede72dcdd30829df162328.tar.gz |
Update the note about libsensors license. libsensors is released
under the LGPL now, thanks Guenter for pointing out the overlook.
git-svn-id: http://lm-sensors.org/svn/lm-sensors/trunk@6259 7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0
-rw-r--r-- | CHANGES | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/developers/applications | 9 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ lm-sensors CHANGES file ----------------------- SVN HEAD + documentation: Update the note about libsensors license sensors.conf.5: Enhance the hysteresis documentation sensors.conf.default: Add support for NCT6779 and NCT6791 libsensors: Get rid of arbitrary limit on per-type sensor count diff --git a/doc/developers/applications b/doc/developers/applications index 6cbfd731..c39840d0 100644 --- a/doc/developers/applications +++ b/doc/developers/applications @@ -49,11 +49,10 @@ Details: configuration file format is documented in the sensors.conf(5) manual page. - Note that libsensors falls under the GPL, not the LGPL. - In more human language, that means it is FORBIDDEN to link any application - to the library, even to the shared version, if the application itself - does not fall under the GPL. This may or may not be changed in the future. - Contact us if you wish to discuss your application. + Note that since version 3.2.0, libsensors falls under the LGPL, not the + GPL as it used to. In more human language, that means it is now ALLOWED + to link any application to the library, even to the shared version, + regardless of the application's license. For examples of programs using libsensors accesses, see prog/sensors and prog/sensord. |