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GPLv2 license file #40
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Thanks for this great D-Bus library for Python! We might be interested in taking it into use in our projects.
The project is currently quite clearly flagged as being licensed under LGPL2.1. However, there is the "COPYING" file in the root which contains a GPLv2 license. What is the purpose the GPL license file? Is some part of the code GPL licensed?
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igo95862 commentedon Jun 6, 2023
Hello @madeg-vaisala
The license is LGPL-2.1-or-later as indicated by SPDX headers.
The reason why there is both
COPYINGandCOPYING.LESSERfiles are GNU guidelines:https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html
madeg-vaisala commentedon Jun 6, 2023
Ok, that's clear then.
Studying this a bit more, I learned that LGPL is actually considered an extension of GPL, thus both files are indeed needed.
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/302433/why-does-the-lgpl-require-combined-works-to-include-a-copy-of-the-gpl
madeg-vaisala commentedon Jun 6, 2023
Closing as not an issue