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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: contributors' licensing conditions
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Matthew Palmer |
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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: contributors' licensing conditions |
Date: |
Wed, 18 Jan 2006 10:34:47 +1100 |
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On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 12:09:26AM +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> You can't make the assumption that someone has read this message
> (and agreed to it!) before they send their patch. If the licence
> isn't clear from the contribution, you need to bounce the patch
> with a "please clarify licence; we only accept GPLv2+later"
> comment.
>
> No such thing is needed, tla is licensed under GPLv2 or later, and any
> modifications made to tla will automatically be licensed under the
> same license; in this case GPLv2 or later. You agree to this as soon
> as you modify the program. See section 5, and section 2(b) of the GPL
> version 2.
As Juliusz said, "this License" is the GNU General Public License, Version
2, June 1991. The wording for 2(c) of your edition of the GPL would be
something closer to "... under the same terms as the Program".
- Matt
--
"The day when Hurd is so common that we want to emulate its braindamages is
not going to be in my life-time, I suspect."
-- Linus Torvalds
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- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: contributors' licensing conditions, Matthew Palmer, 2006/01/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: contributors' licensing conditions, Alfred M\. Szmidt, 2006/01/17
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: contributors' licensing conditions,
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: contributors' licensing conditions, Alfred M\. Szmidt, 2006/01/17
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: contributors' licensing conditions, Alfred M\. Szmidt, 2006/01/17
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