license name question
Bob Gobeille
I just ran into the following license. It is GPL v2 or GPL v3+ KDE exception. Note the absence of GPLv2.1. If 2.1 was included, the name would be GPL-2+-with-KDE-exception, but since it isn't, what is the protocol?
GPL-2or3-with-KDE-exception ??? Here is the code license notice: /**************************************************************************************** * Copyright (c) 2007 Ian Monroe <ian@...> * * (c) 2010 Jeff Mitchell <mitchell@...> * * * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under * * the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software * * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) version 3 or * * any later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved * * by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy defined in Section 14 of * * version 3 of the license. * * * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY * * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A * * PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. * * * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with * * this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * ****************************************************************************************/ Thanks, Bob Gobeille Hewlett Packard Open Source Program Office (http://fossology.org) |
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