From 3e7a480a1e3518841fbf3135cb0e9671f1df3615 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Niels=20M=C3=B6ller?= <nisse@lysator.liu.se>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 13:38:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] (Copyright): Say that under certain circumstances, Nettle can
 be used as if under the LGPL.

Rev: src/nettle/nettle.texinfo:1.8
---
 nettle.texinfo | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nettle.texinfo b/nettle.texinfo
index c17c341e..806873b4 100644
--- a/nettle.texinfo
+++ b/nettle.texinfo
@@ -150,14 +150,14 @@ put it to use.
 @comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
 @chapter Copyright
 
-Nettle is distributed under the GNU General Public License (see the file
-COPYING for details). However, several of the individual files are dual
-licensed under less restrictive licenses like the GNU Lesser General
-Public License, or are in the public domain. Consult the headers in each
-file for details.
-
-It is conceivable that future versions will use the LGPL rather than the
-GPL, mail me if you have questions or suggestions.
+Nettle is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) (see
+the file COPYING for details). However, most of the individual files
+are dual licensed under less restrictive licenses like the GNU Lesser
+General Public License (LGPL), or are in the public domain. This means
+that if you don't use the parts of nettle that are GPL-only, you have
+the option to use the Nettle library just as if it were licensed under
+the LGPL. To find the current status of particular files, you have to
+read the copyright notices at the top of the files.
 
 A list of the supported algorithms, their origins and licenses:
 
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