Re: Fix the reducelcs license

[ng0]

Ludovic Courtès writes:

> Kei Kebreau <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> address@hidden writes:
>>
>>> If I am not wrong: When no "Version 3 only" is specified, it is always
>>> "and later".
>>
>> Is there text in the GPL3 that says this? I was under the impression
>> that the "or any later version" clause had to be specified
>> explicitly.
>
> No it’s the opposite.
>
> Specifically, from Section 14 of GPLv3:
>
>   If the Program does not specify a version number of the GNU General
>   Public License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free
>   Software Foundation.
>
> In Guix we encode this as ‘gpl3+’.
>
> So the rule is: always put ‘+’ unless the source code headers or some
> other prominent file restricts to a specific version of the license.
>
> Ludo’.

Ah, thanks for the explanation. I will save this somewhere.

So the patch I've sent preceding this small discussion should
still be applied.
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