Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add mtd-utils.

[Alex Kost]

Ludovic Courtès (2016-09-01 15:13 +0300) wrote:

> Danny Milosavljevic <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 22:59:11 +0200
>> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:
>>
>>> Are there GPLv2 license headers that lack the “or any later version”
>>> wording, or anything that explicitly says “version 2 only”?  If not,
>>> it’s v2-or-later.
>
> [...]
>
>> ./mkfs.ubifs/crc16.h: ' * Implements the standard CRC-16: * Width 16 *
>> Poly 0x8005 ( x^16 + x^15 + x^2 + 1 ) * Init 0 * * Copyright ( c )
>> 2005 Ben Gardner <address@hidden> * * This code was taken from
>> the linux kernel. The license is GPL Version 2.  '
>
> OK, GPLv2-only!

Wait, why?  There are files that have a full license headers with "or
any later version", for example "docfdisk.c", "flash_erase.c" and
others.  That's why I thought both gpl2 and gpl2+ should be listed.

-- 
Alex