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Re: RFH: GPLv3
On Jul 14, 2007, Michael Eager <eager@eagercon.com> wrote:
> Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
>> 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?
> 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.
And distributing a program (be it a file or a huge collection of
files) under GPLv3 without a copy of GPLv3 would amount to copyright
infringement, should the distribution be performed by anyone but the
copyright holder. IANAL.
4. [...] provided that you [...] give all recipients a copy of this
License along with the Program.
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