From: Anthony J. B. <an...@ca...> - 2014-07-24 14:24:39
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Tino Didriksen writes: > On 24 July 2014 15:45, Jim O'Regan <jo...@gm...> wrote: > > > Again, these files are only involved in building the data ('mere > > aggregation'). The data themselves have so such indication, nor is > > there any such indication in a 'README', 'LICENSE' or other such file > > (i.e., where it has been established by convention that licensing > > information is to be found). That some of the (auxiliary) files > > explicitly allow 'or later' applies to those files only: exceptions > > are exceptions, not the rule. > > > > Good point, but given the lack of any other information than COPYING, I > assume that it was the intention of the author to apply the license to all > applicable files using the example from COPYING - and this example does > include the "(at your option) any later version" part. I have no way of > knowing that the author intended to apply an edited version. > > The "any later version" is also the most common option due to everyone just > copying the example, so I feel doubly justified in assuming that as the > default. I think that is a really unsafe assumption. -- Anthony J. Bentley |