"ng0" <contact....@cryptolab.net> writes: > Ludovic Courtès writes: > >> Kei Kebreau <k...@openmailbox.org> skribis: >> >>> contact....@cryptolab.net 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.
Fixed up and applied as c000b6b10ff06cc18f3e46b64d55a0e555628837.
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