[Libguestfs] Request to relicense hash gnulib module to LGPLv2+

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 06:51:11PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> libguestfs (an LGPLv2+ library) uses the 'hash' module, which turns
> out to be "GPL".
> 
> Actually this happened because we started to use it in a separate
> GPL'd utility program, but later on included this functionality in the
> core library, copying the same code from the utility but not checking
> the license of 'hash'.
> 
> We'd therefore like to request that 'hash' is relicensed as LGPLv2+.
> If this is not possible, we will have to rewrite the code, probably
> implementing our own hash table, which would be a shame because hash
> works well for our needs.
> 
> Notes:
> 
> - the code doesn't appear to call exit (it does call abort), and so
>   seems to be suitable for a library
> 
> - hash-pjw which we also use is already licensed as LGPLv2+
> 
> - it looks like the original author was Jim Meyering (CC'd)
> 
> - the dependencies are all LGPLv2+

I'm going to write (or find) a new hash implementation for libguestfs
really soon.  Is there any final chance this will be relicensed?

Rich.

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