From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: Fix the reducelcs license Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 23:18:10 +0100 Message-ID: <87k299a731.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20170131113240.3738-1-contact.ng0@cryptolab.net> <87efzjl1ce.fsf@openmailbox.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42739) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cZ3EI-0007Rx-4V for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2017 17:18:20 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cZ3ED-00010M-M0 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2017 17:18:18 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87efzjl1ce.fsf@openmailbox.org> (Kei Kebreau's message of "Tue, 31 Jan 2017 10:02:09 -0500") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Kei Kebreau Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Kei Kebreau skribis: > 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. No it=E2=80=99s the opposite. Specifically, from Section 14 of GPLv3: 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. In Guix we encode this as =E2=80=98gpl3+=E2=80=99. So the rule is: always put =E2=80=98+=E2=80=99 unless the source code heade= rs or some other prominent file restricts to a specific version of the license. Ludo=E2=80=99.