On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 12:25:04PM +0200, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > 2007/8/23, Eddy Petri??or <eddy.petrisor@gmail.com>: > > > > Just after "GPLv2 (or later)" add this text: > > > > "Version 2 of the GPL license is available here: <link to real GPL-2 > > file>. > > The 3rd version of the GPL license is available here: <link to real > > GPL-3>. > > > > Note that you can choose either one of the versions or any later version > > of > > the GPL license. For you convenience, links to the currently known > > versions > > of the license were listed above." > > > > > > The link to real GPL-3 can be the one in the common licenses, or one > > delivered by the package itself. > > > I agree with Bas, Linas and Eddy here. I don't have any problem in providing > both links in the copyright file, in fact that would be better for the > users, as we're providing them more information. I wouldn't just link to > GPL-2 unless it was GPLv2 only. There are issues regarding linking GPLv2 > only + GPLv3 source codes, so I'd rather avoid any confusion there. Eddy's > proposal is quite good. As upstream of gfingerpoken, I'm about to release a new bug-fix version. I'll release it under GPL version 3 or later. In debian/copyright, after the usual "Gfingerpoken is free software", etc part, I have the text below. Please suggest any improvements you may have. Compared to Eddy's wording, I changed in particular "currently known" to "currently released", which is more correct IMO. And of course I made it not link to GPL version 2, because it isn't released as such. GPL-3 is in the archive by now, so that is no longer a problem. <debian/copyright text> On Debian systems, version 3 of the GPL license can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3 . The latest version of the GPL can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL . Note that you can either choose version 3 of the GPL, or any later version of the license, as published by the Free Software Foundation. Links to currently released versions are listed above for your convenience only. </debian/copyright text> Thanks, Bas -- I encourage people to send encrypted e-mail (see http://www.gnupg.org). If you have problems reading my e-mail, use a better reader. Please send the central message of e-mails as plain text in the message body, not as HTML and definitely not as MS Word. Please do not use the MS Word format for attachments either. For more information, see http://pcbcn10.phys.rug.nl/e-mail.html
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