Re: Please review new license summaries for Debian

Jeremy Stanley <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:29:49 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.general
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On 2026-06-15 19:58:18 +0000 (+0000), [email protected] wrote:
[...]
> If I find a GPL-3 full text document in a repo I can not be sure 
> if is is "*-only" or "-or-later". Only an additional comment 
> somewhere else could make it clear.
[...]

Not to get pedantic, but if you *only* find a GPL-3 full text 
document in a repo without any indication in individual files as to 
how it applies to them, it may be entirely irrelevant anyway. As 
with a majority of popular free/libre open source licenses I've 
used, the instructions for applying it include indicators in the 
affected files. See https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html 
where it states that you should "Give each file the proper copyright 
notices. Make sure to clearly identify which versions of the license 
users can use."
-- 
Jeremy Stanley

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