Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Documentation licenses and license_groups

[Vincent Launchbury <vincent@doublecreations.com>]

Jeroen Roovers wrote:
> No, it just says most GPL-2 software was released with the "version 2 or
> later" clause, as in "This software is released under the GPL version 2
> or later".
> 
> That's a promise that any later version will do for /this/ software, not
> in any way a promise that whatever was released as GPL-2 can be
> redistributed as GPL-3.

Sorry, I should have been more clear. I meant, doesn't the
GPL-COMPATIBLE license group assume that GPl-2 is v2+? If an ebuild is
listed as GPL-2, but it's version 2 only, then surely it isn't
GPL-compatible, because it's incompatible with GPL-3.

> Of course you can sell the software (as long as you distribute the [perhaps]
>derivative sources), you just can't /license/ it for money.

>Please look into the legal verbiage - you seem incredibly confused as to what
>it all means and you're confusing the matter even more for others.

Thanks for clearing that up. If that's the case, then isn't GPL-1 in the
same boat as GPL-2? As they are both incompatible with GPL-3 if the "or
any later version" clause isn't included.