[syslog-ng] License for syslog-ng OSE v 3.2.x
Balazs Scheidler
bazsi at balabit.hu
Thu Sep 1 09:56:03 CEST 2011
On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 12:33 +0900, Yu Watanabe wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> I would like to ask question for the license of syslog-ng.
>
> syslog-ng is licensed under the combination of the GPL and LGPL licenses.
>
> The syslog-ng core (src/ subdirectory) is licensed under the
> Lesser General Public License as described in the file LGPL.txt
>
> The syslog-ng modules (src/xxxx/ subdirectories) are licensed under the
> General Public License as described in the file GPL.txt
>
> Would it be correct to understand as below?
> LGPL = LGPLv2.1
> GPL = GNU General Public License, version 1
>
> I couldn't find the both text in the tarball so asked this question.
Each file contains a copyright header where it references the exact
license that applies.
We're using GPLv2+ license (e.g. that contains the "any later version"
clause) and LGPLv2.1+
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Bazsi
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