Re: [Bug-ed] ed-1.14.2: source headers say GPL-2+ instead of GPL-3+

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Hello Nicolas,

Nicolas Boulenguez wrote:
> The webpage and the COPYING file refer to version 3 of the GPL, but
> all source headers in ed-1.14.2.tar.lz say otherwise.
>
> According to the headers, the licenses are:
>
> * buffer.c ed.h globals.c io.c main.c main_loop.c regex.c signal.c: GPL-2+
> * carg_parser.c carg_parser.h: BSD-2-Clause
> * Changelog configure testsuite/check.sh: FSFUL
> * doc/ed.texi: GFDL-NIV-1.3+
>
> I bet that GPL-2+ is an error and BSD/FSFUL/GFDL are correct, but
> please confirm this and/or update the header.

AFAIK there is no error. GNU ed as a whole is distributed under GPLv3+, 
but each source file retains the (GPLv3+ compatible) license notice put 
there by its original author.


Best regards,
Antonio.