Re: [Orgmode] license item

[Ian Barton]

Sebastian Rose wrote:
> Isn't it so, that no license means "All Rights Reserved"?
>
> Not sure, bu I think in Germany it is...
>
>
> Anyway, if you receive Org-mode with emacs, it has just the same license
> as emacs.
I see Carsten has added a link to the GPL. However, I think it's 
worthwhile specifically saying which *version* of the GPL.

This might seem a trivial matter. However, I am involved with another 
project where the maintainer moved the licence from GPL V2 to GPL V3, 
with the best of intentions. A large commercial company wanted to 
contribute considerable resources to the project, but they were unhappy 
with the V3 licence and wanted to continue with V2. As a result 
considerable effort was wasted in getting everyone who had contributed 
patches to the V3 version agreeing to them being "backported" to the V2 
licence.

Ian.