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sledgehammer999
b3334e5fac
Binary distributions are GPLv3+ licensed 2022-09-13 01:33:08 +03:00
a1346054
8d3fcbd897 Use license file verbatim
The GPL part of COPYING file was distributed incomplete, it must be
distributed verbatim.

The file was obtained from:
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
2021-08-21 16:00:19 +00:00
sledgehammer999
f6336a6056
Clarify that the license is GPLv2+
Regarding this license clarification there are 3 commits of interest
(commits A, B, C). Before commit A the COPYING file contained only the
text of the GPLv2 license, while all source files had a license block
at the top saying that they are under the terms of "GPLv2 or later". With
commit A there was a temporary change to GPLv3. The COPYING file contained
only the text of the GPLv3 license, while all source files had a license
block at the top saying that they are under the terms of "GPLv3 or later".
Then with commit B the COPYING file and the license block of the source
files was reverted to their state before commit A. Afterwards, with
commit C a license summary(or clarification) block was put at the top of
the COPYING file. This block indicated that the license was GPLv2 without
having the "or later" clause and it also included the OpenSSL exception.
However, the license block of each source file continued to contain the
"or later" clause which was not removed. The same license block continues
to exist in all current source files. Thus it is concluded that the ommision
of the "or later" clause with commit C in the COPYING file was accidental.
OR ALTERNATIVELY (OR IN ADDITION)
At the time commit C was made Christophe Dumez was not the sole contributor.
There is no record that the other contributors agreed with the supposed
GPLv2 only change or that there was a Contributor License Agreement,
transfering their rights to him. Thus making his license change decision
invalid/void/illegal.

Commit A: 54f9375b32
Commit B: 8df61db644
Commit C: 9835af4962
2021-03-29 00:08:14 +03:00
Jerome Leclanche
0070dcf550 LICENSE: Fix mixed indenting 2015-10-22 20:17:54 +03:00
Jerome Leclanche
213cefb001 LICENSE: Remove copy/paste error 2015-10-22 20:16:48 +03:00
Nick Tiskov
c04095673f Remove unprintable 0x0C from license text 2013-02-10 22:46:03 +04:00
Christophe Dumez
fc3c123f5b - Cosmetic license fix 2009-04-05 17:01:22 +00:00
Christophe Dumez
9835af4962 - Fix license due to problems with OpenSSL 2009-04-05 16:34:42 +00:00
Christophe Dumez
8df61db644 - Rollback to GNU GPLv2 because Qt4 is not compatible with GPLv3 :( 2007-07-14 14:31:59 +00:00
Christophe Dumez
54f9375b32 - Update to GNU GPL v3 2007-07-13 06:55:51 +00:00
Christophe Dumez
969a02b93e - Moved everything to trunk to create a stable branch 2006-09-30 16:02:39 +00:00