Re: [Aoetools-discuss] Licensing clarification

[Ed L. C. <ec...@co...>]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 10:01:19AM -0500, Jima wrote:
>   Hi folks.
>   I'm the maintainer of Fedora's aoetools and vblade packages.  Fedora is 
> currently in the process of clarifying all of the package licenses to 
> (attempt to) ensure that there are no conflicts, particularly in regard to 
> GPLv2/GPLv3.
>   While I was auditing my packages, I noticed both aoetools and vblade only 
> have a COPYING file, with no copyright information within the actual 
> source (as instructed toward the end of the COPYING file).  From the 
> information I've been given, that means clause 9 of the GPL takes over:
> 
> "If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may 
> choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation."
> 
>   I'm not sure whether or not that's what you want.
>   So, do you have any preference on what version of the GPL covers your 
> source?
>   Thanks in advance.

We should add copyright lines to the source files to be explicit, but
the license version number seems like a separate issue.

Anyway, I'm more interested in getting your perspective on the issue
as a participant in the Fedora project.  For example, is it easier for
you if a software project adopts a specific GPL version?

-- 
  Ed L Cashin <ec...@co...>