[Rpm-maint] [rpm-software-management/rpm] What license applies currently to rpm library code: GPL or LGPL? (#516)

[Jeff Johnson]

The COPYING file -- such as it has always been -- specifies dual licensing for code in lib/*.

This leaves the license subject to interpretation, and a strict reading would render code in build/* or rpmio/* only available under GPL.

A looser reading, keeping in mind the intent was to permit other applications to link against rpm libraries, might suggest that all rpm library code is LGPL. It's certainly not possible to link meaningfully against librpm without also linking librpmio, rendering all uses of rpm code de facto as GPL only.

I'd like an official answer please, not additional fantasy speculations:

Does LGPL apply to code in rpmio/* and build/* or not?

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