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Subject: Re: How to deal with typo "2" instead of "2.1" for "GNU Lesser General Public" in headers?
From: Jaroslaw Staniek <staniek () kde ! org>
Date: 2015-01-04 19:51:44
Message-ID: CAOj7QQ1Mpqq9Z3iaJffDhqzVr+E_de=eAtXHOzOWi4YQz8C6cA () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 4 January 2015 at 19:18, Boudewijn Rempt <boud@valdyas.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Jan 2015, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote:
>
>> can it be assumed (and should we) that all contributors actually agreed to
>> the
>> "2.1" version of the "Lesser" given there is no "2" version?
>
>
> Yes.
Oh, good find.
Yes, except for new libraries, the intent is that any new file
inherits license of other files, and from the library. So any usage
non-existing license leads to this conclusion - it was a mistake.
>> Especially as at least all files I checked also contain "or (at your
>> option)
>> any later version.", where "2.1" would be a theoretical later version of
>> "2"?
>>
>> To be on the really safe side I guess one would need to get all
>> contributors
>> explicitely agree to the correct version. But pragmatically I would just
>> assume people very much were in agreement with 2.1, and this can be
>> considered
>> just a typo.
>>
>> So would anyone strongly advise against simply applying a patch to all
>> those
>> license headers and change the "2" to "2.1"?
>>
>
> Not me.
Not me. Is it hard to find all emails we need?
>
> Boud
>
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