xlcnd / isbnlib

python library to validate, clean, transform and get metadata of ISBN strings (for devs).

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clarify license

dotlambda opened this issue · comments

COPYRIGHT.txt says

isbnlib/COPYRIGHT.txt

Lines 5 to 8 in 28dff44

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

while LICENSE-LGPL-3.0-only.txt suggests only version 3.0 applies. Please clarify.

commented

The two files match each other! Please, read https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.en.html

But the filename is very confusing. It suggests that only version 3.0 applies.

commented

I change the name to LICENSE-LGPL-3.0-or-later.txt, using the correspondent SPDX identifier. From a legal point of view this changes nothing! Licenses have always one version, is the copyright notice (COPYRIGHT.txt) that establishes the acceptable versions...

commented

In fact, it isn't a good idea to put the SPDX identifier in the name of the LICENSE, I will keep the name as LICENSE-LGPL-3.0.txt and put the SPDX identifier inside the COPYRIGHT.txt.

@xlcnd Thanks a lot! And of course you're right about the legal aspect.