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From: | Thomas Lord |
Subject: | Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: GPLv2 or GPLv2+ |
Date: | Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:07:26 -0800 |
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Miles Bader wrote:
"Stephen J. Turnbull" <address@hidden> writes:> Sorry for the mess but, whatcha gonna do? Is there a mess? Legally, it's perfectly clear that it's GPLv2-only.The issue, AFAICS is simply that some people actually _intend_ to follow "FSF practice" and make their files GPLVx+, but don't realize they need to say this. So it would generally help to reduce confusion to use an explicit statement in each file, even in case where it's technically redundant. -Miles
The mess from my part is just paperwork. I'm happy with any of /my/ codeunder v2 or v3 (and, indeed, slightly prefer v3 for reasons not important here).
So flip any files you like *EXCEPT DON'T* unless you sort out who the copyright-significant contributors are to the various files and get them toagree to the change too -- which is, what I gather, Andy is reporting that the FSF
is doing.It's a slight mess. A bunch of tedious shuffling and permissions gathering that,
ideally, ought not to have been an issue at this late date. (I still think it's a pretty *minor* mess but, it is a mess.) -t
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