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authorWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2002-05-17 08:33:01 +0000
committerWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2002-05-17 08:33:01 +0000
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* configure.ac: Removed all the dynmaic loading stuff.
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@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@
Lesser General Public License (LGPL); see the file COPYING.LIB for
the actual terms. However some parts are distributed under the
GNU General Public License (GPL) so if you configure Libgcrypt to
- include these modules or use these modules as dynamically loaded
- plug-ins, you have to comply with the conditions of the GPL as
- found in the file COPYING. The modules under the GPL are:
+ include these modules, you have to comply with the conditions of
+ the GPL as found in the file COPYING. The modules under the GPL
+ are:
rndunix - Entropy gatherer for Unices without a /dev/random
rndw32 - Entropy gatherer for MS Windows
@@ -67,9 +67,14 @@
similar to Libcrypt. We decided that to foster the use of
cryptography in Free Software an LGPLed library would make more
sense because it avoids problems due to license incompatibilities
- between some Free Software licenses and the GPL. Please note that
- it general the use of the LGPL is not suggested, see
- http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html
+ between some Free Software licenses and the GPL.
+
+ Please note that in many cases it is better for a library to be
+ licensed under the GPL, so that it provides an advantage for free
+ software projects. The Lesser GPL is so named because it does
+ less to protect the freedom of the users of the code that it
+ covers. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html for
+ more explanation.