From: Thomas Jarosch Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 12:07:52 +0000 (+0100) Subject: ChangeLog: Add license clarifications X-Git-Url: http://developer.intra2net.com/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=92d657bcb543a9622947d984d4a8e725fb680e8c;p=libftdi ChangeLog: Add license clarifications Those were missed in the changelog since I fixed the license ambiguity after completing the changelog (even though I merged the other branch first). Clarified license details: - Fix wrong LGPL version in the LICENSE file - Main libftdi library is LGPL v2.1 only (was incorrectly documented as LGPL v2) - ftdi_eeprom is GPL v2 only - SPDX license tags added in 2019 were already correct - Update COPYING.LIB to LGPL v2.1 --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index cbf2a77..6d3099a 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ New in 1.6rc1 - 2026-01-XX * Don't error out when optional strings are missing * Add .editorconfig file for consistent code style * Ignore various IDE temp files (JetBrains, VSCode, clangd) +* License clarifications: + * Fix wrong LGPL version in the "LICENSE" readme: + * Clarify main libftdi library is LGPL v2.1 only + * Clarify ftdi_eeprom is GPL v2 only + * SPDX license tags added in 2019 were already correct + * Update COPYING.LIB to LGPL v2.1 after clarifications New in 1.5 - 2020-07-07 ----------------------- diff --git a/README b/README index 2a745cb..ea15ee4 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ Changes * Don't error out when optional strings are missing * Add .editorconfig file for consistent code style * Ignore various IDE temp files (JetBrains, VSCode, clangd) +* License clarifications: + * Fix wrong LGPL version in the "LICENSE" readme: + * Clarify main libftdi library is LGPL v2.1 only + * Clarify ftdi_eeprom is GPL v2 only + * SPDX license tags added in 2019 were already correct + * Update COPYING.LIB to LGPL v2.1 after clarifications You'll find the newest version of libftdi at: https://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi