> Got your attention? Good. > > GPL and LGPL are NOT acceptable License tags for Fedora. You cannot > simply use "GPL" or "LGPL" as a license tag anymore. > > You have to use one of the following tags: > > GPL+, GPLv2, GPLv2+, GPLv3, GPLv3+, LGPLv2, LGPLv2+, LGPLv3, LGPLv3+ > > GPL+: If there is no version specified anywhere, and it only says GPL, > then it is GPL+. It is also GPL+ if the code is licensed as "GPL version > 1 or later". > > GPLv2: If the code only says "version 2 of the License." and does NOT > say "or later version", then it is GPLv2 only. > > GPLv2+: If the code is GPL v2 and it says "either version 2 of the > License, or (at your option) any later version.", then it is GPLv2 or > later. > > GPLv3: Same as GPLv2 only, except, GPLv3 only. > > GPLv3+: Same as GPLv2 or later, except GPLv3 or later. > > LGPLv2+: If there is no version specified anywhere, and it only says > LGPL, then it is LGPLv2+. Also, use this tag if it is LGPL v2 (or 2.1) > and it says "or (at your option) any later version." in the code. > > LGPLv2: If the code only says "version 2 (or 2.1) of the License." and > does NOT say "or later version", then it is LGPLv2 only. > > LGPLv3: Same as LGPLv2 only, except LGPLv3 only. > > LGPLv3+: Same as LGPLv2 or later, except LGPLv3 or later. > > NOTE: Don't trust COPYING. Look at the source code itself. > > Please, please, please do this. Take a minute and go through your > packages and correct the specs so that they are using the new License > tagging schema. I may have missed this, if so, my apologies, but: A. Do we need to update all branches, or only devel? B. Do we need to rebuild for any branches? FWIW, I've updated all those I maintain. Might get to those I co-maintain if there's time. . . > Thanks in advance, > > ~spot > > -- > Fedora-maintainers mailing list > Fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers > -- novus ordo absurdum -- Fedora-maintainers mailing list Fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers -- Fedora-maintainers-readonly mailing list Fedora-maintainers-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers-readonly
