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[Adrian Buehlmann]

On 02.08.2008 11:07, Mads Kiilerich wrote:
> Arne Babenhauserheide wrote, On 08/02/2008 09:31 AM:
>> Am Freitag 01 August 2008 23:14:24 schrieb Dennis Brakhane:
>>   
>>> Actually, the copyright notice looks like
>>>
>>>     
>>>> This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
>>>> of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
>>>>       
>>> Which is confusing, as it does not state whether it applies to GPLv2
>>> or any version of GPL.
>>>     
>> "according to GPL" states (as cleared up somewhere in the GNU pages), that you 
>> can use any version of the GPL, including v3. 
>>   
> 
> Perhaps. Can you give an exact pointer? I can't find any.
> 
> FWIW
> http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/FAQ#head-fe8f57ed5ae269aa6bab5f66ec22c40792b56e38 
> says: "The project is available under the GNU General Public License, v2."
> 
> I think we need a clarification from the developer(s).

I don't know what help exactly you need from Matt. But I think the output
of 'hg version' is quite clear ("see the source for copying conditions").

> hg version
Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 8dc510c4caee)

Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Matt Mackall <mpm at selenic.com> and others
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

If you follow that, you will find:

listing of the sources: http://selenic.com/repo/index.cgi/hg/file/tip
COPYING text:           http://selenic.com/repo/index.cgi/hg/file/tip/COPYING

Also, discussing the well known implications of the GPL on this list
is rather off topic.