Re: GPL2 vs. GPL3 issue in VDR plug-in packages

[Tobi <listaccount@e-tobi.net>]

Ben Finney wrote:
> What does the wording of the grant of license say?

There is no explicit grant of license. The problem is, that most of the
plug-ins are created out of a template from the VDR upstream sources.
And this template only contains:

"See the file COPYING for license information." in the README

and:

 "See the README file for copyright information and how to reach the
author." in the sources.


For an example please take a look at this plug-in:

http://phivdr.dyndns.org/vdr/vdr-dummydevice/vdr-dummydevice-1.0.2.tgz

...it's just a five-files-tarball, but a perfect example on how most of
the other VDR plug-ins look like.

There is no line saying "This program is GPL2 " or something similar. Is
this what you are referring to as "grant of license"? Does this mean,
that all these plug-ins don't have a valid GPL license at all?

Tobias