Re: [gentoo-dev] Eigen and GPL-2 exception - is a new licence required?

[Harald van Dijk]

On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 03:13:02PM +0200, Carsten Lohrke wrote:
> On Samstag, 12. Mai 2007, Harald van Dijk wrote:
> > On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 02:27:20PM +0200, Carsten Lohrke wrote:
> > > No. LICENSE="GPL-2 some-exception" suffices.
> >
> > No, that means something completely different. It means that you should
> > install the software only if you find both the GPL-2 and the exception
> > acceptable, rather than if you find the combination of the GPL-2 with
> > the exception acceptable.
>
> And that's why it's not different. Such exceptions usually don't stand for
> themselves, but relate to the license they're bound to. Can be matter of the
> wording, though.

Do you need to accept the unmodified GPL-2 for software licensed under
the GPL-2 plus exception? No? Then GPL-2 does not belong in LICENSE,
unless in a || group.

> I consider it quite stupid adding extra licenses for such exceptions.

A generic license could be used, which points to the packages for the
exact license.
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