From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6ABE9138335 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 04:56:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5C2FBE0C0E; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 04:56:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (dev.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 31819E0C09 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 04:56:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (oystercatcher.gentoo.org [148.251.78.52]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D118B335C8C for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 04:56:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BEBD4F0 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2018 04:56:01 +0000 (UTC) From: "Göktürk Yüksek" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Göktürk Yüksek" Message-ID: <1545281730.4aee878793ba33740866cc763f341db5531cbf09.gokturk@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: general-concepts/licenses/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/devmanual X-VCS-Files: general-concepts/licenses/text.xml X-VCS-Directories: general-concepts/licenses/ X-VCS-Committer: gokturk X-VCS-Committer-Name: Göktürk Yüksek X-VCS-Revision: 4aee878793ba33740866cc763f341db5531cbf09 X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 04:56:01 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply X-Archives-Salt: 16f4212e-8dfb-4f7a-8dc8-a83cd43264b3 X-Archives-Hash: 63642ad21660c7730d18325f4cde50cf commit: 4aee878793ba33740866cc763f341db5531cbf09 Author: Michał Górny gentoo org> AuthorDate: Wed Nov 28 09:23:45 2018 +0000 Commit: Göktürk Yüksek gentoo org> CommitDate: Thu Dec 20 04:55:30 2018 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=4aee8787 general-concepts/licenses: Warn about GPL-n+ etc. Signed-off-by: Michał Górny gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Göktürk Yüksek gentoo.org> general-concepts/licenses/text.xml | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml b/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml index f1d5299..aa2ca74 100644 --- a/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/licenses/text.xml @@ -86,6 +86,34 @@ to include license term violations. + +GPL-x vs GPL-x+ + + +

+FSF licenses (GPL, LGPL, AGPL, FDL) occur in two variants: the 'vN only' +and 'vN or later' variants. In Gentoo, the licenses of the latter variants +are denoted by appending +a plus sign (+) to their respective license notations of the former variant, +e.g. GPL-2+ and GPL-2. +

+ +

+Determining the correct variant usually requires looking for copyright +notices in the code. For example, the following copyright notice +indicates GPL-2+ license: +

+ +
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ + + + Adding New Licenses