[libvirt] [PATCH 2/4] maint: follow recommended practice for using LGPL

[Eric Blake]

On 05/16/2013 12:50 AM, Martin Kletzander wrote:
> On 05/16/2013 02:23 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
>> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html states:
>>
>> You should also include a copy of the license itself somewhere in the
>> distribution of your program. All programs, whether they are released
>> under the GPL or LGPL, should include the text version of the GPL. In
>> GNU programs the license is usually in a file called COPYING.
>>
>> If you are releasing your program under the LGPL, you should also
>> include the text version of the LGPL, usually in a file called
>> COPYING.LESSER. Please note that, since the LGPL is a set of
>> additional permissions on top of the GPL, it's important to include
>> both licenses so users have all the materials they need to understand
>> their rights.
>>
>> * configure.ac (COPYING): No more games with non-git file.
>> * COPYING: New file, copied from gnulib.
>> * COPYING.LIB: Rename...
>> * COPYING.LESSER: ...to this.
>> * .gitignore: Track licenses in git.
>> * cfg.mk (exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_copyright_address): Tweak
>> rule.
>> * libvirt.spec.in (daemon, client, python): Reflect rename.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake at redhat.com>
>> ---
> 
> ACK,

Pushed, and apologies to anyone trying to toggle branches between
before-and-after on this (you'll have to manually nuke the old COPYING
when moving to newer commits, to keep git happy).

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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