Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] modules: add sd-dlopen-tests module

Simon Josefsson via Gnulib discussion list <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:47:19 +0200

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Bruno Haible via Gnulib discussion list <[email protected]> writes:

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What is gnulib's policy on non-FSF and/or non-(L)GPL licensed modules?

I thought that we required FSF copyright assignment for contributions,
and that there were a preference for (L)GPL licenses.  Did we ever write
that down somewher, or is there no consensus on that?

/Simon

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