From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Kei Kebreau <kei@openmailbox.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Fix the reducelcs license
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 23:18:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k299a731.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87efzjl1ce.fsf@openmailbox.org> (Kei Kebreau's message of "Tue, 31 Jan 2017 10:02:09 -0500")
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 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’s 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 ‘gpl3+’.
So the rule is: always put ‘+’ unless the source code headers or some
other prominent file restricts to a specific version of the license.
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-02-01 22:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-31 11:32 Fix the reducelcs license contact.ng0
2017-01-31 11:32 ` [PATCH] gnu: reducelcs: Correct license contact.ng0
2017-01-31 15:02 ` Fix the reducelcs license Kei Kebreau
2017-01-31 16:29 ` Marius Bakke
2017-01-31 17:38 ` ng0
2017-02-01 22:18 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2017-02-01 23:56 ` ng0
2017-02-02 0:54 ` Kei Kebreau
2017-02-02 10:39 ` Hartmut Goebel
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