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Re: RFH: GPLv3

Michael Eager <eager@eagercon.com> writes:

> Not until someone updates the txt.  Which should happen quickly,
> but if someone applies a GPLv3 patch to a previously GPLv2 branch,
> the entire branch becomes GPLv3, whether the COPYING file was
> updated or not.

Come on, if the FSF (the copyright holder) distributes a program,
and if the included licence says GPLv2+, then the licence is GPLv2+
and you'll have a really hard time trying to convince anyone that
it's different.

BTW: the copyright holder is free to take a GPLv3 patch and
release it under GPLv2 (and any other licence).
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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