www/licenses license-list.html

[Brett Smith]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Brett Smith <brett>     08/12/10 20:21:25

Modified files:
        licenses       : license-list.html 

Log message:
        In GNU license entries, add links to the AllCompatibility FAQ for more 
info.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/license-list.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.243&r2=1.244

Patches:
Index: license-list.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/license-list.html,v
retrieving revision 1.243
retrieving revision 1.244
diff -u -b -r1.243 -r1.244
--- license-list.html   8 Dec 2008 19:51:03 -0000       1.243
+++ license-list.html   10 Dec 2008 20:19:44 -0000      1.244
@@ -95,10 +95,13 @@
 <p>This is the latest version of the GNU GPL: a free software license, and
 a copyleft license.  We recommend it for most software packages.</p>
 
-<p>Please note that GPLv3 is not compatible with GPLv2 by itself.  However,
-most software released under GPLv2 allows you to use the terms of later
-versions of the GPL as well.  When this is the case, you can use the
-code under GPLv3 to make the desired combination.</p></dd>
+<p>Please note that GPLv3 is not compatible with GPLv2 by itself.
+However, most software released under GPLv2 allows you to use the
+terms of later versions of the GPL as well.  When this is the case,
+you can use the code under GPLv3 to make the desired combination.  To
+learn more about compatibility between GNU licenses,
+please <a href="/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility">see our
+FAQ</a>.</p></dd>
 
 <dt><a id="GPLv2" href="/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html">
     GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2</a></dt>
@@ -108,10 +111,13 @@
 a copyleft license.  We recommend <a href="#GNUGPL">the latest version</a>
 for most software.</p>
 
-<p>Please note that GPLv2 is, by itself, not compatible with GPLv3.  However,
-most software released under GPLv2 allows you to use the terms of later
-versions of the GPL as well.  When this is the case, you can use the
-code under GPLv3 to make the desired combination.</p></dd>
+<p>Please note that GPLv2 is, by itself, not compatible with GPLv3.
+However, most software released under GPLv2 allows you to use the
+terms of later versions of the GPL as well.  When this is the case,
+you can use the code under GPLv3 to make the desired combination.  To
+learn more about compatibility between GNU licenses,
+please <a href="/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility">see our
+FAQ</a>.</p></dd>
 
 
 <dt><a id="LGPL" href="/licenses/lgpl.html">
@@ -123,19 +129,26 @@
 href="/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html">special circumstances
 only</a>.</p>
 
-<p>Please note that LGPLv3 is not compatible with GPLv2 by itself.  However,
-most software released under GPLv2 allows you to use the terms of later
-versions of the GPL as well.  When this is the case, you can use the
-code under GPLv3 to make the desired combination.</p></dd>
+<p>Please note that LGPLv3 is not compatible with GPLv2 by itself.
+However, most software released under GPLv2 allows you to use the
+terms of later versions of the GPL as well.  When this is the case,
+you can use the code under GPLv3 to make the desired combination.  To
+learn more about compatibility between GNU licenses,
+please <a href="/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility">see our
+FAQ</a>.</p></dd>
 
 <dt><a id="LGPLv2.1" href="/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html">
     GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1</a></dt>
 <dd>
-<p>This is the previous version of the LGPL: a free software license, but
-not a strong copyleft license, because it permits linking with non-free
-modules.  It is compatible with GPLv2 and GPLv3.  We generally recommend <a
-href="#LGPL">the latest version of the LGPL</a>, <a
-href="/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html">for special circumstances only</a>.</p></dd>
+<p>This is the previous version of the LGPL: a free software license,
+but not a strong copyleft license, because it permits linking with
+non-free modules.  It is compatible with GPLv2 and GPLv3.  We
+generally recommend <a href="#LGPL">the latest version of the
+LGPL</a>, <a href="/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html">for special
+circumstances only</a>.  To learn more about how LGPLv2.1 is
+compatible with other GNU licenses,
+please <a href="/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility">see our
+FAQ</a>.</p></dd>
 
 <dt><a id="AGPLv3.0" href="/licenses/agpl.html">GNU Affero General Public
 License (AGPL) version 3</a></dt>
@@ -1688,7 +1701,7 @@
   <p>
     Updated:
     <!-- timestamp start -->
-    $Date: 2008/12/08 19:51:03 $
+    $Date: 2008/12/10 20:19:44 $
     <!-- timestamp end -->
   </p>
 </div>