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From: "Harald van Dijk" <truedfx@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Eigen and GPL-2 exception - is a new licence required?
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 14:46:20
Message-Id: 20070512144336.GA13071@boostbox.mill1.nb.home.nl
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Eigen and GPL-2 exception - is a new licence required? by Carsten Lohrke
1 On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 04:21:52PM +0200, Carsten Lohrke wrote:
2 > On Samstag, 12. Mai 2007, Harald van Dijk wrote:
3 > > Do you need to accept the unmodified GPL-2 for software licensed under
4 > > the GPL-2 plus exception? No? Then GPL-2 does not belong in LICENSE,
5 > > unless in a || group.
6 >
7 > Of course you accept the GPL plus the added exception. Just because an
8 > exception exists, it does not become a completely different license.
9
10 Of course you accept the GPL plus the added exception, *if* you accept
11 the GPL. If you don't accept the GPL, however, you can still
12 legitimately accept the GPL with the exception.
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