How do people modify the LICENSE file to indicate their GPL2/GPL2plus
intention? From what I can see, the LICENSE file is the GPL2, and you
need to say how it applies to your code - that's not something for the
LICENSE file itself, but for the package metadata. Does Debian have
some standard wording that applies this?
Section 13 of the GPL-2 (and LGPL-2) says:
If the Library specifies a version number of this License which
applies to it and "any later version", you have the option of
following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any
later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If the
Library does not specify a license version number, you may choose any
version ever published by the Free Software Foundation.
Section 3 of the LGPL-2 permits you to convert LGPL-2 to GPL-2 or
later. It uses the phrase "you must alter all the notices that refer
to this License", indicating that there should be a separate
specification of what license applies to what code, apart from the
license text itself.
I also want to know whether all the other Haskell GPL stuff is GPL2 or
GPL2+ - since I might as well follow the crowd. I'll ask Malcolm :-)
If the Cabal file simply says GPL or LGPL, I believe that in the
absence of any more specific information, you can choose any version
you wish. (Really, Cabal ought to allow the more specific notation,
for those people who care to exclude older or newer licenses.)
Regards,
Malcolm
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