Re: GPLv3

[David Bateman]

Thomas Weber wrote:
>
> GPLv2 and later should be fine, shouldn't it? Or are there GPL2-only
> packages? 
>
> For other licenses, I don't know. But I'm not aware of any license that
> was compatible with GPL2 and isn't with GPL3.
>   
The issue is no that we can't transition to a GPLv3 license. Rather the
issue that worries me is that the GPLv3 license states

<quote>
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
your option) any later version.
</quote>

So officially at the moment you use a GPLv2 toolbox with Octave 2.9.15
you must effectively relicense it to be GPLv3. Can we assume this
process is automatic, or should we explicitly change the license of all
of the octave-forge code to avoid doubt...

D.

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