From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marius Bakke Subject: Re: Fix the reducelcs license Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 17:29:02 +0100 Message-ID: <87k29byz01.fsf@kirby.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> References: <20170131113240.3738-1-contact.ng0@cryptolab.net> <87efzjl1ce.fsf@openmailbox.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47786) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cYbIr-000817-Mv for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:29:10 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cYbIo-0002p4-Ic for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:29:09 -0500 Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:49501) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cYbIo-0002om-9z for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:29:06 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87efzjl1ce.fsf@openmailbox.org> 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: Kei Kebreau , contact.ng0@cryptolab.net Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Kei Kebreau writes: > 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. It doesn't help that there aren't any file headers to clear > this up. My understanding is that downstream users are free to use the "or later" clause if nothing else is specified. Say, if you copy parts of GPL3 code with no "or later" headers into your GPL3+ code. So distros need to distinguish the cases that are explicitly not "or any later version", but not impose other restrictions on the users. If that makes sense. But IANAL etc.. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEEu7At3yzq9qgNHeZDoqBt8qM6VPoFAliQu04ACgkQoqBt8qM6 VPprRggAgKGC0K/o1eZ/X4t8LSuIgPUpmz3WsvNLSHflkRKJ56eAvO/qUEukx6GC +YzFr2nhCxOnruinxhdA6jxNxBUxYGMy4kNlMtfVv8PvXaiSwffZDBnjCQHhoOl5 hSTk/UfhUBiDX3oFELn6QPk8aTMeqSc2wBp0xNO7hRFfeMK42MaYEBa3u7POuLey JWj3RGnGuZljSCtMzAx1jN5KlYlNUS+z9/vhHhJUvFzICnlZ0GdgK+MLKAhzI1jf FODeMmT/m6RZ5zyMGEYe4balqyOL8PSmr2FTC5vo8biINEp75XlxhVzZ2MAETbKK H62/HpUA5rYokhOBMQ7yXwEyxOVfnA== =LKKu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--