From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kei Kebreau Subject: Re: Fix the reducelcs license Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:54:14 -0500 Message-ID: <87y3xpjtu1.fsf@openmailbox.org> References: <20170131113240.3738-1-contact.ng0@cryptolab.net> <87efzjl1ce.fsf@openmailbox.org> <87k299a731.fsf@gnu.org> <877f59zcrw.fsf@wasp.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46914) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cZ5fO-0007rg-VW for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:54:27 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cZ5fL-000304-Ts for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:54:27 -0500 In-Reply-To: <877f59zcrw.fsf@wasp.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (ng0's message of "Wed, 01 Feb 2017 23:56:03 +0000") 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: ng0 Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "ng0" writes: > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > >> 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 he= aders or some >> other prominent file restricts to a specific version of the license. >> >> Ludo=E2=80=99. > > Ah, thanks for the explanation. I will save this somewhere. > > So the patch I've sent preceding this small discussion should > still be applied. Fixed up and applied as c000b6b10ff06cc18f3e46b64d55a0e555628837. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEg7ZwOtzKO2lLzi2m5qXuPBlGeg0FAliSgzYACgkQ5qXuPBlG eg2n3g/+PA2Lgm/vTSGJgXdvU7vPBgIqDBB49yUO6DwYd3sHmN1t2QDGRCwGk2j2 0GOs0o0C5OKsZmhPLE9s7gbSlaiCGsBuE9rx1nY7n9oEt9t42yRLOWitIVvW6pWJ EcjAGsM9BHNO0zEtuW6kdVIsw9ELfowY+Vyv0bJ3sgR2CDuhK7nmZdGoRXwV9O0d C88IibZnMAMtSiS8rliS9KlTTpXZq+APu/qL4xlGthcLZl89jxS0vKLsutviQhU9 agKhEILM635aNcmU7zL+hKzQ2gd/znPnJEqXWoNMkDtw9i9IauYAFqM0gXuY1rQu tY3q/STHVCoR3OcVbjjKkcY8zp0cisbAHRLJfVPnzPOVyzOCJ/OJQ7nk1zrcaoM1 lZxsDoxMqfX0n6GHPfNTxyqxhjCI3EAuc45D6P0cuNFFWJ1ejSmHoPC7riKh9VVX 5o6fh1Fae8eN2rIOinnQ2KP7Ie6bo82TA8jwVPB/J7jfjyoE7SXVLd7f/cGdIn54 bW+JhenLEVAfDIim0QOdWxDRTos8R2QXH2FypiWI45Xf5M8a4Pe1gRGDst4Ydo1d ZyzYUJekKDBUHEx54v2gg/4OJOVznXPpEnA2vHNswRm6DBWc/JGxm/8tgK3Gw9d0 /zDEXDIgchnTAszRMF7aNNs2C3njS14BzUL6Ptzcw0gESXw935s= =uX1Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--