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[PATCH 1/2] gnu: mate-power-manager: Use correct license.

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Message #16 received at 35366-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Guy fleury <hoonandon <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 35366-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#35366] [PATCH 1/2] gnu: mate-power-manager: Use correct
 license.
Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 15:32:08 +0200

Hi Guy,

Guy fleury <hoonandon <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> Le lun. 6 mai 2019 à 11:03, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> a écrit :
>
>> guy fleury iteriteka <hoonandon <at> gmail.com> skribis:
>>
>> > * [licence]: change gpl3+ to gpl2.
>>
>> Hi guy,
>>
>> AFAICS mate-power-manager is GPLv2+ (not GPLv2) because its license
>> headers carry the “or any later version” wording.
>
> je n'est pas vu Ca (attention les accents: J'ai un clavier qwert).
> Dans l'entete du fichier COPYING : on dit
> -------------------
> GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
>                        Version 2, June 1991
> -------------------

True, but source file headers are authoritative here: since they
explicitly allow for “any later versions”, then it’s GPLv2+ (“version 2
or any later version.”)

I’ll make that change, then.

Thank you!

Ludo’.

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