Re: Update some sim copyright headers to GPLv3-or-later

Joel Brobecker
2012-12-19T11:25:45Z

> IANAL either, but only the copyright holder can change the license.
> And to me changing the coyright headers as proposed does effectively
> change the license, since "GPL v3 or later" is more restrictive than
> "GPL v2 or later". Legal issues aside, I'd consider it impolite, even
> dishonest, to change the license on somebody else's code without their
> permission[1].

I will ask the FSF for official confirmation.

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Joel