[Fedora-packaging] Licensing guidelines suggestions

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 09:51 -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 09:48 -0400, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 10:33 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
> > 
> > > I presume, though it's not explicitly stated, that GPL+ can also be used 
> > > where the license is explicitly given as "GPL version 1 or later" (e.g. 
> > > for perl and all same-as-perl licensed modules)?
> > 
> > Yes, this correct.
> > 
> > > Similarly, I take LGPL+ to be suitable for packages licensed as "LGPL v2 
> > > (not 2.1) or later" as well as for LGPL of unspecified version?
> > 
> > Not quite:
> > 
> > LGPL+ is only for unversioned LGPL (I've never seen this, but it's
> > possible).
> > LGPLv2+ is for LGPL 2/2.1 or later.
> > 
> 
> Can you explain the difference, considering there is no version 1 of the
> LGPL ?

Eh, I suppose there is no difference. I'll nuke LGPL+ off the list.

~spot