Re: [LAD] AMS LV2 plugins: Version 0.0.6

From: Ralf Madorf <ralf.mardorf@email-addr-hidden-dsl.net>
Date: Sun Jan 15 2012 - 14:26:30 EET

On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 11:57 +0000, Aurélien Leblond wrote:
>
> On Jan 12, 2012 7:09 AM, "Brendan Jones" <brendan.jones.it@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On 01/01/2012 03:55 PM, Aurélien Leblond wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello everyone,
> >>
> >> During this jolly holidays, I worked a bit on the AMS LV2 plugins.
> >>
> >> The version 0.0.6 can be downloaded here:
> >>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/avwlv2/files/avw.lv2.0.0.6.tar.gz/download
> >
> > can you just clarify the license for this for me? The Fedora review
> has asked me wether it is GPLv2 (as in the license file) or GPLv3 as
> per the sourceforge page?
>
> I'm actually not sure here!
> The GPL is v2 in the code as it's the same one as coming from AMS.
> I chose the v3 kind of "by accident" on Sourceforge (i.e. I didn't pay
> attention!)
>
> To be honest:
> - I'm not even sure of what is the difference between the version 2
> and the version 3 of the GPL.
> - The code is ported from AMS. Am I aload to change the license just
> like that?
>
> (it's crazy how although the concept of open-source is easy to grasp,
> it gets quickly more complex when you dive into the licenses
> themselves)
>
> Any advice here guys? It's my first open-source project and I'm kind
> of lost!
>
> @Fons: is it OK with you if I update the License to the GPLv3?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Aurélien

IAAL, but IIUC GPLv2 by default means "GPLv2 or later", since there's a
note "or (at your option) any later version".
Some coders reedited this to "GPLv2 only". GPLv3 is controversial.

- Ralf

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