[LAD] AMS LV2 plugins: Version 0.0.6
Ralf Madorf
ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Sun Jan 15 12:28:10 UTC 2012
On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 13:26 +0100, Ralf Madorf wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 11:57 +0000, Aurélien Leblond wrote:
> >
> > On Jan 12, 2012 7:09 AM, "Brendan Jones" <brendan.jones.it at 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
^^^^
pardon, IANAL
> , 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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