Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add keepassx.

[Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@openmailbox.org>]

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:

> Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@openmailbox.org> writes:
>
>>>> +    (license (list license:gpl2 license:gpl3))))
>>
>> 'COPYING' indicate this.
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
>> it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>> the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 or (at your option)
>> version 3 of the License.
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> And in 'LICENSE.GPL-3' you can find the "or later" so I think it's ok to indicate
>> only "license:gpl3+" like this
>>
>>   ;; Non functional parts use various licences.
>>   (license license:gpl3+)
>
> I don’t think this is true.  The “or later” clause is only found in
> the template header in the section “How to Apply These Terms to Your
> New Programs”.

You can find references of this in "Terms and Conditions" too. :)

> The header in COPYING explicitly states that you may choose
> between one of two versions of the license only.

You are right, as a consequence it should be...

  ;; Non functional parts use various licences.
  (license license:gpl3)

Thanks for the correction.

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Mathieu Lirzin