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Subject: Re: Fix the reducelcs license
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To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
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Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes:

> Kei Kebreau <kei@openmailbox.org> skribis:
>
>> contact.ng0@cryptolab.net writes:
>>
>>> If I am not wrong: When no "Version 3 only" is specified, it is alway=
s
>>> "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 h=
eaders 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.
--=20
ng0 . https://www.inventati.org/patternsinthechaos/