On Jan 13, 2010, at 1:55 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > One other comment that wasn't mentioned yet in this thread: Some licenses > have been specified using a "+", e.g. "GPLv2+". I don't feel this is > necessary. The terms of the GPL state that any later version may be used. So > no additional information is conveyed by putting the "+" into the license > field. Anybody familiar with the GPL knows any later version is acceptable, > and anybody unfamiliar but looking to comply with the license will be reading > its text anyway and will learn this. I move to remove "+" from the license > fields. (Or, add it everywhere it applies. We just need to be consistent.)
The distinction between GPLv2 and GPLv2+ (i.e. "or any later version") is fairly significant. - Toby _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
