Bug#754441: GMastermind Relicensing

[Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it>]

Hi Riley,

the program comes with a "COPYING" file, which standard to contain the 
license used. In thiscase, it contains the GPL v2 or later.

In other words:
1) the program headers contain reference to the GPL v2 or later
2) the COPYING file distirbuted with GMastermind contains the GPL v2 
or later text
3) only the readme file contains a reference to the program being 
distributed "GPL v2" without the "or later" clause

To me it is clear that the intent is the program to be under GPLv2 or 
later and that the readme.txt contains a small omission. The source 
files and the COPYING file have priority!

Given this, I already consider all my contributions under  the "GPL v2 
or later" clause.

Riccardo

On 2014-07-22 09:26:48 +0200 Riley Baird 
<BM-2cVqnDuYbAU5do2DfJTrN7ZbAJ246S4Xix@bitmessage.ch> wrote:

> Hi Riccardo,
>
> Even if you're not the original author, if you've made any 
> modifications
> to the work, you own copyright on them.
>
> For example, Linus Torvalds is not the only copyright holder of Linux;
> the other ~5000 contributors all have copyright on it as well. This is
> why the kernel can't be upgraded to GPL-3, even if Linus wants to.
>
> So, having a statement from you would be helpful. (You are only
> relicensing *your* contributions)
>
> Also, what do you mean by "the COPYING is the full GPL v2 or later"?
>
> Riley