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From: ng0 <contact.ng0@cryptolab.net>
To: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>, Kei Kebreau <kei@openmailbox.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Fix the reducelcs license
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:38:32 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87inovm8o7.fsf@wasp.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k29byz01.fsf@kirby.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me>

Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> writes:

> Kei Kebreau <kei@openmailbox.org> writes:
>
>> contact.ng0@cryptolab.net writes:
>>
>>> If I am not wrong: When no "Version 3 only" is specified, it is always
>>> "and later".
>>
>> Is there text in the GPL3 that says this? I was under the impression
>> that the "or any later version" clause had to be specified
>> explicitly. It doesn't help that there aren't any file headers to clear
>> this up.
>
> My understanding is that downstream users are free to use the "or later"
> clause if nothing else is specified. Say, if you copy parts of GPL3 code
> with no "or later" headers into your GPL3+ code.
>
> So distros need to distinguish the cases that are explicitly not "or any
> later version", but not impose other restrictions on the users.
>
> If that makes sense. But IANAL etc..

Okay, this makes sense.

I will mark the patch as done, doesn't need to be applied.

Thanks!
-- 
ng0 -- https://www.inventati.org/patternsinthechaos/

  reply	other threads:[~2017-01-31 17:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-01-31 11:32 Fix the reducelcs license contact.ng0
2017-01-31 11:32 ` [PATCH] gnu: reducelcs: Correct license contact.ng0
2017-01-31 15:02 ` Fix the reducelcs license Kei Kebreau
2017-01-31 16:29   ` Marius Bakke
2017-01-31 17:38     ` ng0 [this message]
2017-02-01 22:18   ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-02-01 23:56     ` ng0
2017-02-02  0:54       ` Kei Kebreau
2017-02-02 10:39       ` Hartmut Goebel

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