Re: [gNewSense-users] KFV: GPL without version - does COPYING apply or not?

[Sam Geeraerts]

Markus Laire wrote:
> I just finished section drivers/watchdog
>
> There were three files where license mentioned GPL but not any version 
> nor the COPYING file.
>
> Since I'm not sure whether COPYING file applies in these cases or not, I 
> decided to mark these three cases as "GPL (only GPLv2 if COPYING applies)".
>
> Is this OK?
>
> The files are:
> http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Kernel/Ubuntu-hardy-linux-2-6-24-12-22--drivers--watchdog--ibmasr-c 
>
> http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Kernel/Ubuntu-hardy-linux-2-6-24-12-22--drivers--watchdog--pcwd-c 
>
> http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Kernel/Ubuntu-hardy-linux-2-6-24-12-22--drivers--watchdog--wd501p-h 
>
>
> Also, in the second file the license is just "Written for the Linux 
> Kernel, and GPLed by Ken Hollis" which I think is OK even if it is a bit 
> short.
Just "GPL" means "GPL, any version", so it's not restricted to GPLv2 
only (although for the Linux kernel only GPLv2 matters). I would mark 
them as just GPL.