On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Mattia Verga <mattia.verga@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm very confused on how to check if a program is GPLv3 or GPLv3+. > > Looking at gnu.org website it seems (to me) that there's no difference > between the two: there's only one license text > (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) and the declaration to insert in > source headers says "either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) > any later version" (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.en.html) > > So how to distinguish between the two? I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice. Exactly the "or (at your option) any later version" text. If that is present, the code is GPLv3+ because it grants rights to use a later version of the GPL. If that text is not present, it is GPLv3. There is only one instance of each version of the GPL license itself and the "+" moniker simply reflects the fact that the author of the code may have granted use of future versions of the GPL via that statement in the copyright/licensing text. josh _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
