The Mercurial license is GPLv2

[Arne Babenhauserheide]

Am Samstag 02 August 2008 17:49:36 schrieb Matt Mackall:
> All the core source is marked as GPLv2-only by referencing only COPYING
> and not allowing for later versions. Some small parts of it are
> available on their own under GPLv2+:

I should have read to the end of the threads before answering - sorry for the 
needless post. 

> The wiki originally pointed to GPLv2 at the GNU project, but at some
> point after GPLv3 was released, they changed the link contents out from
> under us. How rude! 

The wiki pointed to gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt which doesn't state any version. 
The link just said "GPL", so making that link point to the most recent version 
of the GPL seems logical to me (so I don't think that as rude). 

Sadly saying "GPLv2 only" makes using the AGPL for their own contributions 
impossible for the bitbucket team (and others), so changing the license might 
be quite useful - and the "by reference" sounds much like "we can change that 
easily". The reference must just point to any GPL. 

At least that's what I read from the sentence, but I'm no lawyer. 

Best wishes, 
Arne

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