Re: [PATCH] README: Git is released under the GPLv2, not just "the GPL"

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Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 12/15/2012 07:35 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> ...
>> -Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License.
>> +Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public
>> +License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses).
>>
> Maybe you could be even more explicit ans state "some parts of it are
> under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2".  But maybe this
> is just overkill?

I personally do not think it is an overkill; because this "clarify
that we are version 2", followed by "not everything is, but as a
whole it is still GPLv2" is in the end about covering our ass, it is
better to be as clear as possible without making it into a novel.

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