GPL-2.0 licenses: "Lesser|Library" #2747
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The LGPL license was originally called the "GNU LIbrary General Public License" and some license tests refer to the "original" term "Library" instead of "Lesser". This change is to let license matchers yield a positive match for the usage of "Library" for the "GPL-2.0*" licenses. See also [JDK-8355388](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8355388). This change does not add an `<alt>` to every occurence of "Lesser" in all licenses.
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Reference also on wikipedia |
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It would be great if you add at least one occurrence of the variant to crossRef tag. |
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needed word Lesser and ending alt tag, so added those directly |
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Hm - but it ends with |
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GPL-2.0 licenses: "Lesser|Library" (replacement for #2747)
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Because of issues with resolving some (largely unrelated) problems with expected warnings for duplicate licenses, I pulled these commits into #2770 which now appears to be passing. |
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The LGPL license was originally called the "GNU LIbrary General Public License" and some license tests refer to the "original" term "Library" instead of "Lesser".
This change is to let license matchers yield a positive match for the usage of "Library" for the "GPL-2.0*" licenses. This change does not add an
<alt>to every occurence of "Lesser" in all licenses. It's rather there to support a special case.See also JDK-8355388.