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

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

[Roland Hieber]

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>
---

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

[Robert Schwebel]

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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> ptxdist@pengutronix.de

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