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Re: RFH: GPLv3

From: Krzysztof Halasa <khc at pm dot waw dot pl>
To: Michael Eager <eager at eagercon dot com>
Cc: Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>, dewar at adacore dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, mark at codesourcery dot com, njn at csse dot unimelb dot edu dot au
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:36:02 +0200
Subject: Re: RFH: GPLv3
References: <4695B50B.6050108@codesourcery.com> <46965067.3050809@eagercon.com> <Pine.GSO.4.61.0707131920210.20833@mulga.csse.unimelb.edu.au> <46975334.5000404@adacore.com> <4697A029.4050203@eagercon.com> <4698464B.2000908@adacore.com> <10707141136.AA08672@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> <469917BE.3040401@eagercon.com>

Michael Eager <eager@eagercon.com> writes:

> Unfortunately, as I understand it, this is not the case.  If you
> apply a GPLv3 patch to a previously GPLv2 branch after August 1, then
> this entire branch, and all files in it, magically and silently
> becomes GPLv3.  (This is unless FSF agrees with Mark's proposal
> to dual license patches.)

I hope the COPYING or similar file will contain the licence text
under which the code is distributed?
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa

Follow-Ups:
- Re: RFH: GPLv3
  - From: Michael Eager
- Re: RFH: GPLv3
  - From: Nick Clifton

References:
- RFH: GPLv3
  - From: Mark Mitchell
- Re: RFH: GPLv3
  - From: Michael Eager
- Re: RFH: GPLv3
  - From: Nicholas Nethercote
- Re: RFH: GPLv3
  - From: Robert Dewar
- Re: RFH: GPLv3
  - From: Michael Eager
- Re: RFH: GPLv3
  - From: Robert Dewar
- Re: RFH: GPLv3
  - From: Richard Kenner
- Re: RFH: GPLv3
  - From: Michael Eager

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