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Re: [Monotone-devel] GPL version for monotone
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Stephen Leake |
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Re: [Monotone-devel] GPL version for monotone |
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Wed, 07 May 2014 02:02:11 -0500 |
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Markus Wanner <address@hidden> writes:
> while COPYING states GPL-2+ as the license for monotone, I just figured
> there's exactly two files in the source that state GPL-3+:
> src/{unix,win32}/parse_date.cc. You introduced these back in May 2010 in
> rev a8147b11, when splitting functionality from dates.cc into these two
> platform specific variants.
Right.
> I realize the has been some discussion regarding switching to GPL-3+
> (search the archives for "GPLv3 code in monotone"), but to me the thread
> doesn't quite look like an agreement has been reached for a move to
> GPL-3+.
Right; it was a mistake to use GPLv3 in that code.
> Maybe that needs to be revisited, now? Stephen, do you want to pursue
> a move to GPL-3+, again?
I'm always in favor of moving to GPLv3, but I don't think anything has
changed in this regard.
> Alternatively, please resolve the ambiguity by clearly allowing
> distribution of those files under GPL v2 as well, i.e. change the boiler
> plate there to state "GNU GPL version 2.0 or greater", as other source
> files still do. Thanks.
Done
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-- Stephe