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Adrian Buehlmann adrian at cadifra.com
Sat Aug 2 07:20:19 CDT 2008


On 02.08.2008 12:59, Mads Kiilerich wrote:
> Adrian Buehlmann wrote, On 08/02/2008 11:48 AM:
>> 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").
>>   
> 
> Yes, it is clear that Mercurial is available under GPLv2. Nobody 
> questions that.
> 
> But is it GPLv2 only? Or is it "GPLv2 or later"? Is Mercurial 
> AGPL-compatible?

http://selenic.com/repo/index.cgi/hg/file/cbdfd08eabc9/COPYING#l1

'If the Program specifies a version number of this License which applies to it
and "any later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions
either of that version or of any later version published by the Free
Software Foundation'

Since there is no term "any later version" stated anywhere in the sources *and*
http://selenic.com/repo/index.cgi/hg/file/cbdfd08eabc9/COPYING is GPL v2,
it's GPL v2 only.




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