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Re: Question about Licenses.
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marinus.savoritias |
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Re: Question about Licenses. |
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Sun, 15 Sep 2019 20:42:38 +0200 (CEST) |
Hi Ricardo,
Ok I got it. That raises three questions for me though.
1.) I remember from what I have read on gnu.org that if one part of the program
is GPL-3 or in general GPL that means everything becomes GPL. So as I
understand that is the reason the program becomes GPL-2+, correct? Or does the
original license of GPL-2 applies for the whole program?
2.) Should I contact Gentoo to correct it? Because I checked a couple of files
from kdenlive too and they said GPL-2+.
3.) Why are saying that they are GPL-2 then and not GPL-2+? Is it just a case
of not updating the COPYING file or their site? Because the Dolphin File
Manager also says GPL-2+ in a lot of files but their site says GPL-2.
Regards,
FanisSep 15, 2019, 19:15 by address@hidden:
>
> Hi Fanis,
>
>> The other example is Qbittorrent.
>> its GPL-2 again in gentoo:
>> https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/net-p2p/qbittorrent
>> <https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/net-p2p/qbittorrent>
>> Source is saying GPL-2:
>> https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/blob/master/COPYING
>> <https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/blob/master/COPYING>
>> but Guix is saying GPL-2+ again.
>>
>
> It is correct that the repository contains a copy of the text of version
> 2 of the GPL in COPYING. The source files, however, have a license
> header that states that version 2 of the license or any later version
> applies. See for example
>
>
> https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/blob/master/src/base/asyncfilestorage.cpp
>
> --
> Ricardo
>