Stas Sergeev <s...@list.ru> writes: > 22.07.2013 12:49, Eric W. Biederman пишет: >> I don't know how old this text is but unless it is recent it should >> stand. > Looks rather old: 1998. > Attaching a historical patch. > > So, what we have, is: > > - Initially, all files without a license headings, and a standard > GPL copying, which says > --- > 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 of the License, or > (at your option) any later version. > ---
*Blink* Ok that clarifies things for me. GPLv2 is the only valid version. The text you quoted is the FSF's recommendation in COPYING on how to apply it. That recomendation was not followed. Thefore a later version of the GPL is simply not an option. As no one agreed to any later version. > - After the patch, all files with the reference to COPYING, > which says this instead: > --- > + restrict the DOSEMU copyright explicitely to version 2 of the GPL. > + ============ === > --- > > And the changelog entry: > --- > - more precisely copyright definition (prefix to COPYING) > Prefixed all source files with the proper copyright notice. > (copyright laws are requiring this) > --- > > Is this OK? Absolutely. Anything else would require the signoff from all historical contributors to be valid. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Dosemu-devel mailing list Dosemu-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dosemu-devel
