[Fedora-legal-list] License question

[Jochen Schmitt]

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Am 21.09.2010 21:34, schrieb Tom "spot" Callaway:
>> The gpl.txt file included in the package is of version 3 of the
>> license, but the preamble doesn't state a version. Is this
>> okay?
>
> It's okay, but if no version is specified in the code or
> corresponding documentation (note: _NOT_ COPYING), then it is GPL+.
>
Why not COPYING? If an author copying a license text in his
upstream distribution, their declares that the terms written
down in this document should be apply to this work which
should release.

Best Regards:

Jochen Schmitt

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