Re: Bug#971594: RFS: asciidoc/9.0.2-1 [ITA] -- Highly configurable text format for writing documentation
On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 02:26:10PM +0200, Leon Marz wrote:
> On 10/27/21 9:38 PM, Bastian Germann wrote:
> > Hi Leon,
> >
> > The package seems to be okay except for the debian/copyright file. Just
> > by looking at the debdiff (excluding the unchanged upstream sources) I
> > can identify several files with additional copyright holders. Also, some
> > files are GPL-2-only, which are not okay to publish under the general
> > GPL-2+ that is assumed for *.
>
> Quick Question: How can I determine if a file is GPL-2-only or GPL-2+?
>
> Is it the phrase "Free use of this software is granted under the terms
> of the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2)."?
>
> - Leon
>
>
GPL 2+ usually has "or any later version" in there after (GPLv2) - and at
that point, you can regard it as GPLv2 or 3 [or any later version we may get
in the future).
Hope this helps,
Andy Cater
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