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@@ -45,8 +45,22 @@ As usual for GNU packages:
Copyright
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-The libunistring library and its header files are under the GNU LGPL, see
-file COPYING.LIB. This license is based on the GNU GPL, see file COPYING.
+The libunistring library and its header files are dual-licensed under
+"the GNU LGPLv3+ or the GNU GPLv2". This means, you can use it under either
+ - the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3 or
+ (at your option) any later version, or
+ - the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2, or
+ - the same dual license "the GNU LGPLv3+ or the GNU GPLv2".
+
+You find the GNU LGPL version 3 in the file COPYING.LIB. This license is
+based on the GNU GPL version 3, see file COPYING.
+
+You can find the GNU GPL version 2 at
+<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>.
+
+Note: This dual license makes it possible for the libunistring library
+to be used by packages under GPLv2 or GPLv2+ licenses, in particular. See
+the table in <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility>.
The documentation is under another license; see in the documentation.
@@ -54,7 +68,7 @@ The documentation is under another license; see in the documentation.
Download
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- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/libunistring-0.9.6.tar.gz
+ http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/libunistring-0.9.7.tar.gz
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