On Sun, 2014-06-29 at 10:25 +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Tobias Frost <[email protected]>, 2014-06-29, 10:00: > >On Sun, 2014-06-29 at 01:00 -0300, Marcio de Souza Oliveira wrote: > >>I got it wrong. But I see > >>GPLv2(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt) and and there contains > >>the words "... or (at your option) any later version.". > >> > >>If I remove the words "or (at your option) any later version." I would > >>not be modifying the license? > > > >Yes, you'd change the license (which'd be a no-no) > > Well, that's novel interpretation of the GPL. :-) > > The part of the license that was quoted is just an example how to use > the license for you own programs, not a part of terms and conditions. It > is NOT obligatory to use the “any later” phrase (see §9). > > >Instead you write "License: GPL-2.0+" (note the plus) to indicate the > >"any later version option". > > No. We must document which license upstream uses, and they chose GPL > version 2 only. > > -- > Jakub Wilk
You're right, thought that GPL2.0+ had been quoted from the source. I obviously missed/ignored the very first paragraph in the original mail. Don't mail without enough coffee :-| I'd write then: License: GPL-2.0 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, version 2 only of the License. (...) (This paragraph is quoted from the source) -- tobi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
