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Jules Agee
julesa at pcf.com
Mon Jun 4 12:25:00 PDT 2007
Glenn Stone wrote:
> A simple *patch* probably can't be relicensed... but a work *containing* a
> patch (and thus a version number bump) is a derivative wwork and thus can be
> relicensed under GPL v.3. Since most distros (Deb in particular) distribute
> full packages and not just patches, they're quite warranted in v.3'ing their
> works. Matter of fact, you could simply have the "patch" be "replaced GPL2
> with GPL3"... that would be quite sufficient. IMNASHO, IANAL, EIEIO.
Pretty much what I meant to say. Thanks for the clarification, Glenn.
-Jules
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