checkstyle plugin: change license from "LGPLv3 or later" to "LGPLv2.1 or later"

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Roman Ivanov

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Jan 7, 2017, 1:04:01 PM1/7/17
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Hi Sonar team,

During checkstyle plugin transition from Sonarqube to Checkstyle organization

we did not noticed that whole code is under "LGPLv3 or (at your option) any later version"

Please confirm that it is ok to convert this code to "LGPLv2.1 or (at your option) any later version"


So change is very cosmetic, we just allow to allow to use it from earlier version (v2.1).
I am not a lawyer, so I just want to be consistent with with checkstyle's license and give more freedom for user, as they could choose any version they want from v2.1 to any later version.

Please confirm that you are ok with re-licensing.
Or let me know if there is problem with this. 

thanks,
Roman Ivanov

Olivier Gaudin

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Jan 9, 2017, 3:58:09 PM1/9/17
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Hi Roman,

The LGPL v3 was chosen on purpose for the SonarQube project to offer maximum protection to the community while being business friendly. If there is a specific reason to change I am happy to consider it but otherwise I would tend to push back on this. 

Thanks

Olivier


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