On 2025/06/09 22:33, Anthony J. Bentley wrote: > Caspar Schutijser writes: > > Nit: for the licensing comment, most ports just write "GPLv2" in this > > case. > > I disagree, it's better to explicitly mark "GPLv2+" or "GPLv2 only": > many ports simply labeled "GPLv2" are actually GPLv2+, but one can't > make that guess without checking the code. The distinction is important > since GPLv3 code cannot link against GPLv2 only code.
yes please. "GPLv2" without "+" or "only" is either "the porter didn't check", or "upstream is unclear".
