Follow-up Comment #5, task #16666 (group administration):

>> Do you realize what files are copyrightable?
> 
> I think I didn't realize that Makefile code is copyrightable too. And any
> file with more than 10 lines.

Correct, thank you.

> So I added it to the Makefile.am files, the configure.ac file, and the
> Doxyfile.in file.

Now, do you understand what 'valid copyright notice' means?

>> Is it GPLv2-only or GPLv2-or-later?
> 
> I'm a bit confused where. On it's homepage, it says "Valgrind is Open Source
> / Free Software, and is freely available under the GNU General Public
> License, version 2.".
> So that would be v2-only, I think
> 
> However, I opened one random .c file (helgrind/hg_intercepts.c) from it
> latest release and it 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."
> So that would be v2-or-later, I think.

Some files may be under GPLv2-or-later, but I think I've found a few files
under GPLv2-only; so it looks like the combination is under GPLv2-only.  Would
you like to check that?


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