On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 12:41:14PM -0600, Jim Walker wrote:
> Nicolas Williams wrote:
> >On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 01:38:33PM +0200, Petr Sumbera wrote:
> >>http://cr.opensolaris.org/~xsumbe00/6721648-screen/
> >
> > - usr/src/pkgdefs/SUNWscreenrc/copyright
> >
> >   Since the COPYING file in the sources mentions *only* GPLv2, why do
> >   we need the "[f]or the avoidance of doubt" preamble?  What doubt
> >   could there be when there are no choices to be made?
> >
> 
> The GPL/LGPL disclaimer is required by Sun legal.

Oh, I looked at COPYING closely and, indeed, it does say "or (at your
option) any later version," so this preamble is not pointless.

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