Control: severity -1 wishlist * Bastian Germann <bastiangerm...@fishpost.de> [2021-10-06 22:41:33 CEST]: > Control: severity -1 minor > > Am 06.10.21 um 22:30 schrieb Rhonda D'Vine: > >> "All files in this distribution are released under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC > >> LICENSE. See COPYING for details." > > > > Right. It doesn't specify a version. And this is the core point, and > > the reference to the COPYING file is clear on that grounds too. > > The COPYING file specifically does have the "or later" clause in it. > > The COPYING file is the standard GPLv2. Yes, in the license template at > the end it specifies "or later" but that is a suggestion how to apply > the license. In the TERMS AND CONDITIONS no. 9, it says : "If the > Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may > choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation."
Exactly that: The program didn't choose a version number. This isn't even ambigious, this is a very clear case covered in the license. So I am a bit worried in how you managed to interpret that as a license violation in the first place. > So it does not specify "or later" but also no version. Combined with the > few imported files that are GPL-2+, it is fair to say, the complete > program is GPL-2+. But that is not a trivial derivation. But it is. No version means any. Which is compatible with GPL-2+ work. Which makes the whole work GPL-2+. > No specific agenda, just keeping Debian on the legally distributable > side. So, just keep the libreadline. It always was legally distributable as it is. Rhonda -- Fühlst du dich mutlos, fass endlich Mut, los | Fühlst du dich hilflos, geh raus und hilf, los | Wir sind Helden Fühlst du dich machtlos, geh raus und mach, los | 23.55: Alles auf Anfang Fühlst du dich haltlos, such Halt und lass los |
