Re: [PATCH 3/5] COPYING: remove mention of GPLv3, clarify sub-project COPYING

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 4, 2021, 06:21 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqpmslxqcz.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <patch-3.5-e91f8ce6984-20211002T091212Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> The COPYING file added in [1] is a product of its era, at the time
> discussions around the GPLv3 were quite active. Since then we have had
> almost on "GPL v2 or later" notices anywhere.

no

>
> Since then[2][3] linux.git has replaced its version of almost the
> identical wording with something that's a bit more formal, and which
> isn't mostly addressing a hypothetical future GPL v3 migratin. Let's

-tion

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