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From: "Harald van Dijk" <truedfx@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Eigen and GPL-2 exception - is a new licence required?
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 16:43:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070512144336.GA13071@boostbox.mill1.nb.home.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200705121622.22187.carlo@gentoo.org>

On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 04:21:52PM +0200, Carsten Lohrke wrote:
> On Samstag, 12. Mai 2007, Harald van Dijk wrote:
> > Do you need to accept the unmodified GPL-2 for software licensed under
> > the GPL-2 plus exception? No? Then GPL-2 does not belong in LICENSE,
> > unless in a || group.
> 
> Of course you accept the GPL plus the added exception. Just because an 
> exception exists, it does not become a completely different license.

Of course you accept the GPL plus the added exception, *if* you accept
the GPL. If you don't accept the GPL, however, you can still
legitimately accept the GPL with the exception.
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-05-12 14:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-12 11:41 [gentoo-dev] Eigen and GPL-2 exception - is a new licence required? Marcus D. Hanwell
2007-05-12 12:27 ` Carsten Lohrke
2007-05-12 12:32   ` Carsten Lohrke
2007-05-12 12:54   ` Bryan Østergaard
2007-05-12 13:00   ` Harald van Dijk
2007-05-12 13:13     ` Carsten Lohrke
2007-05-12 13:38       ` Harald van Dijk
2007-05-12 14:22         ` Carsten Lohrke
2007-05-12 14:38           ` Marcus D. Hanwell
2007-05-12 14:43           ` Harald van Dijk [this message]
2007-05-12 13:03   ` Mike Frysinger
2007-05-12 12:57 ` Petteri Räty
2007-05-12 19:24 ` Kevin F. Quinn
2007-05-12 19:40   ` Petteri Räty
2007-05-13 13:15     ` Marcus D. Hanwell

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