[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] encode2mpeglight 0.6.1

Giacomo Comes comes at naic.edu
Tue Nov 14 21:09:13 CET 2006


On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 05:12:40PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:

[...]

> I would personally add the "or later" clause, but this is entirely your
> choice as the author.  The problem is that what you have now is
> ungrammatical:
> 
> #   encode2mpeglight is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> #   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> #   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License.
> 
> Sentences that start with "either foo" should continue with "or bar".
> This looks like the standard "or later" clause was just mistakenly
> omitted.
> 
> If you wish to use just the GPLv2 (I would prefer v2+, but it's up to
> you), write something like
> 
> #   encode2mpeglight is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> #   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
> #   published by the Free Software Foundation.

Thanks for the explanations.

Giacomo



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