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Re: RFS/RFC: bibutils; convert bibliographic data between formats



On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 07:55:30PM +0100, David Bremner wrote:
> By the way, if you don't mind one more question, can you say how you
> decided that the package was actually GPL 2+?  The file headers are
> not explicit, stating only "the GPL". 

The headers say just "the GPL" yet GPL included in the sources is GPL v2.

>From "the" GPL:
# If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may
# choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation.

So while one could argue whether bibutils is under GPL 1+ or GPL 2+, either
has a claim for validity, with the latter being a safer choice.

In case of doubt, you can include a single byte under GPL 2+ and thus force
the issue :p

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