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Re: GPL2 (not 2+) license in checklicenses.py
From: Joerg Mayer <jmayer () loplof de>
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 05:56:35 +0200
On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 02:20:55PM -0400, Evan Huus wrote:
I was just wondering why checklicenses.py does not permit any "GPL2" licenses, the only GPL-related ones on the list are GPL2+.
This may turn out to be an oversight of the original authors. Have you asked them to change the license? "BSD license" is also vague. *Which* BSD license? Our COPYING file contains several (and none of them uses the term "BSD license").
If there's a reason we require 2+ and not just 2 then we will have to add exceptions for epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211-radiotap-iter.[ch] which are dual-licensed under GPL2 and BSD, but not under GPL2+. Otherwise we can just add GPL2 to the list of valid licenses.
I don't consider GPLv2(non-plus) to be a compatible license as it will prevent whoever wants to link against a LGPv3 library to redistribute the resulting binaries. Ciao Jörg -- Joerg Mayer <jmayer () loplof de> We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works. Some say that should read Microsoft instead of technology. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev () wireshark org> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-request () wireshark org?subject=unsubscribe
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- GPL2 (not 2+) license in checklicenses.py Evan Huus (Oct 25)
- Re: GPL2 (not 2+) license in checklicenses.py Joerg Mayer (Oct 25)
- Re: GPL2 (not 2+) license in checklicenses.py Evan Huus (Oct 26)
- Re: GPL2 (not 2+) license in checklicenses.py Joerg Mayer (Oct 25)