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To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
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Hi Ricardo,

Ok I got it. That raises three questions for me though.
=C2=A0
1.) I remember from what I have read on gnu.org that if one part of the pro=
gram is GPL-3 or in general GPL that means everything becomes GPL. So as I =
understand that is the reason the program becomes GPL-2+, correct? Or does =
the original license of GPL-2 applies for the whole program?
2.) Should I contact Gentoo to correct it? Because I checked a couple of fi=
les from kdenlive too and they said GPL-2+.=C2=A0
3.) Why are saying that they are GPL-2 then and not GPL-2+? Is it just a ca=
se of not updating the COPYING file or their site? Because the Dolphin File=
 Manager also says GPL-2+ in a lot of files but their site says GPL-2.

Regards,
FanisSep 15, 2019, 19:15 by rekado@elephly.net:

>
> Hi Fanis,
>
>> The other example is Qbittorrent.
>> its GPL-2 again in gentoo:
>> https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/net-p2p/qbittorrent <https://packag=
es.gentoo.org/packages/net-p2p/qbittorrent>
>> Source is saying GPL-2:
>> https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/blob/master/COPYING <https://=
github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/blob/master/COPYING>
>> but Guix is saying GPL-2+ again.
>>
>
> It is correct that the repository contains a copy of the text of version
> 2 of the GPL in COPYING.  The source files, however, have a license
> header that states that version 2 of the license or any later version
> applies.  See for example
>
>  https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/blob/master/src/base/asyncfil=
estorage.cpp
>
> --
> Ricardo
>