From 883cfe4d9856a4e16c43d452f14c6cecb18cc525 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?S=C3=A9rgio=20M=2E=20Basto?= Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 02:36:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update License.txt --- License.txt | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/License.txt b/License.txt index ba9bb6ab..1200b1d5 100644 --- a/License.txt +++ b/License.txt @@ -7,12 +7,30 @@ Licenses for files are: - 1) Core license is GPL+ + 1) Core license is GPLv2+ 2) gnu table licenses are (GFDL or Free Art or CC-BY-SA) and GPLv3 and - CC-BY-SA - 3) hurd table license is GPLv2+ + CC-BY-SA (data/gnu/README) + 3) hurd table license is GPLv2+ (data/hurd/README.txt) + 4) professor table license is GPLv2+ (data/professor2/README.txt) Full package could be License as GPL+ and (GFDL or Free Art or CC-BY-SA) and GPLv3 and CC-BY-SA and GPLv2+ We have a review here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290935 if something is not correct please let us know to fix it.. + + +References: +https://github.com/sergiomb2/pinball/pull/3#commitcomment-20063738 + +The core license is GPLv2+, not GPL+. +I have released hurd and professor2 on the same license on purpose to avoid creating problems with versions of the GPL. + +The gnu table can create problem with a next release of GPL (a hypothetical GPLv4). + +however, the full package including gnu must be released under GPLv3. +Or gnu should be kept separate. + +It would be a good idea to contact Ben Asselstine for verify if it's possible to port gnu on GPLv3+. +So the entire project can be GPLv3+. + +in fact also https://sourceforge.net/projects/pinball/ says License: GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)