Re: [ptxdist] [RFC] COPYING: make it clear that PTXdist is GPL-2.0-only, not -or-later

[Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@pengutronix.de>]

On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 10:56:50AM +0200, Roland Hieber wrote:
> The existence of the GPLv2 license text in the repository implies that
> PTXdist is licensed under at least version 2 of the license. However,
> there are no hints as to whether the "or later" portion of the default
> license dedication in the section "How to Apply These Terms to Your New
> Programs" after the FSF GPL license text also applies to PTXdist. Make
> clear that the "or later" portion does not apply, for the same reasons
> as discussed in the Linux kernel project.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>

Acked-by: Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@pengutronix.de>

> ---
> 
>  COPYING | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
> index 130ebb9328d8..36c3d475c174 100644
> --- a/COPYING
> +++ b/COPYING
> @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
> +This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> +it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.
> +
>  Note: PTXdist is a build system which generates a distribution for 
>  embedded systems. This license does only cover the build system itself 
>  and doesn't affect the license of managed software in any way, even if 
> -- 
> 2.20.1
> 
> 
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