On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 06:19:19AM +0100, John Darrington wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 04:58:07PM -0500, Leo Famulari wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 08:15:04PM +0100, John Darrington wrote: > > * gnu/packages/games.scm (gnushogi, xshogi): New variables. > > > +(define-public xshogi > > [...] > > > + ;; Contains a copy of GPLv3 but the licence notices simply > > + ;; state "GNU General Public Licence" without specifying a version. > > + (license license:gpl1+))) > > Section 14 of the GPL says "If the Program does not specify a > version number of the GNU General Public License, you may choose any > version ever published by the Free Software Foundation." > > You are correct. That is why I put gpl1+ > > Do we want to use version 1 of the GPL? I don't fully understand the > issues with it, but it's an unusual choice. > > I don't have a strong opinion here. But there is a precedent in Guix, that > where upstream permits a package to be distributed under a choice of licences, > we simply present that choice to our users. We don't - at least I haven't seen > any instances of it - choose a particular one that suits us, unless there is a > good reason for doing that. Okay, that makes sense to me. Please do as you see fit :)