On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 02:26:10PM +0200, Leon Marz wrote: > On 10/27/21 9:38 PM, Bastian Germann wrote: > > Hi Leon, > > > > The package seems to be okay except for the debian/copyright file. Just > > by looking at the debdiff (excluding the unchanged upstream sources) I > > can identify several files with additional copyright holders. Also, some > > files are GPL-2-only, which are not okay to publish under the general > > GPL-2+ that is assumed for *. > > Quick Question: How can I determine if a file is GPL-2-only or GPL-2+? > > Is it the phrase "Free use of this software is granted under the terms > of the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2)."? > > - Leon > >
GPL 2+ usually has "or any later version" in there after (GPLv2) - and at that point, you can regard it as GPLv2 or 3 [or any later version we may get in the future). Hope this helps, Andy Cater
