Hi Thomas: On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 3:50 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, 4 Jun 2019, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > > > On 04.06.19 11:20, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > On Tue, 4 Jun 2019, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > > > > > From: Thomas Gleixner tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > Based on 1 normalized pattern(s): > > > > > > > > copyright this file is distributed under the terms of the gnu > > > > general public license gpl copies of the gpl can be obtained from > > > > ftp prep ai mit edu pub gnu gpl each contributing author retains all > > > > rights to their own work > > > > > > That's definitely a bold claim to deduce v2 only. The ftp link does not > > > exist and the wayback machine does not have it either. We usually avoid making any bold claims in scancode license rules ;) ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GPL linked to a GPL-2.0 based on the wayback machine which is why that scancode-toolkit rule was tagged as a GPL-2.0. You can see the notes I added back then in the license rule data file [1]: notes: The GPL version is not specified in this notice BUT at https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20020809115410/http://prep.ai.mit.edu:80/pub/gnu/GPL text is a GPL 2.0 license text Since then, the web-beta site when offline, and the correct URL should use FTP and not HTTP so you can check [2] which is exactly a GPL I just pushed updated notes with the latest wayback URL [3] [1] https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/blob/09d4b009d4377eb1fc6f8439fe564e0a2c28e641/src/licensedcode/data/rules/gpl-2.0_617.yml [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20020809115410/ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GPL [3] https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/commit/4f5d5f3ddddafd9e7eba639f5718a976ca7fdefe -- Cordially Philippe Ombredanne
