* Re: [gentoo-dev] Ranged licenses
@ 2007-11-28 23:02 99% ` Ciaran McCreesh
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From: Ciaran McCreesh @ 2007-11-28 23:02 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:54:57 +0100
Thilo Bangert <bangert@gentoo.org> wrote:
> there is also the legal argument. it's better to state explicitly
> which versions apply and not have to cleanup the mess, when somebody
> decides to release GPL-2.5.
That's an argument strongly in favour of ranged specs. A huge number of
packages are licensed under "GPL 2 or later", and currently most ebuilds
incorrectly use LICENSE="GPL-2" for these. Even changing these to
LICENSE="|| ( GPL-2 GPL-3 )" just shifts the problem around a bit. With
CRAN "GPL 2 or later" translates to "GPL (>= 2)", which is a much more
accurate description of a package's license.
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Ciaran McCreesh
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