A question of license

ambai.masaki at fujitsu.com ambai.masaki at fujitsu.com
Tue Jun 23 06:58:44 UTC 2020


Hi,
I noticed that the license of gmp is published as " GNU LGPL v3 and GNU GPL v2" as declared on https://gmplib.org/ .
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Since version 6, GMP is distributed under the dual licenses, GNU LGPL v3 and GNU GPL v2. These licenses make the library free to use, share, and improve, and allow you to pass on the result. The GNU licenses give freedoms, but also set firm restrictions on the use with non-free programs.
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The license did be modified to " GNU LGPL v3 and GNU GPL v2" on 27 Jan 2014 in the following commit:
https://gmplib.org/repo/gmp-6.1/rev/da670a8513db
But on 31 Aug 2014, two new files were added into gmp, and these two files are not " GNU LGPL v3 and GNU GPL v2" but "GNU LGPL v3" only.
https://gmplib.org/repo/gmp-6.1/rev/dead77cd3b7c
So, are these newer two files have wrong license?

Masaki Ambai


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