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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 00:01:51 +0300
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To: "DJ Delorie (dj AT delorie DOT com) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com]" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
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28.06.2024 23:40, DJ Delorie (dj AT delorie DOT com) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> "stsp (stsp2 AT yandex DOT ru) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com]" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
> writes:
>> I am trying to apply this "upgrade" procedure:
> The DJGPP sources are not yours; changing the license in any way is not
> an option for you.  If you combined DJGPP sources with some other
> sources that have a different license, you are limited to distributing
> the combination under terms that comply with both licenses.
>
> I'm not opposed to clarifying copying.dj to have the usual "or any later
> version" text, though.

Could you please actually do that?
You may also want to clarify what GPL
version does it mean, as there is a similar
problem. But I am not interested in GPL
sources, as I removed them all (all but
makemake.c). So I only need to find out
what to do with LGPL ones.

>> It says, among other things, that I need to replace v2 with v3 in all
>> sources, and here is the problem: djgpp sources do not list v2 or
>> v3. They instead refer to copying.dj, which explicitly forbids to
>> modify these headings.  Also copying.dj doesn't state what version of
>> LGPL is that: is it v2+, or plain v2?
> Assume the version that is in COPYING and COPYING.LIB, included with
> djgpp.  Versioning wasn't really an issue back then ;-)

This is very vague.
These files refer to v2, but they say
"or any later version" internally.
So if it is feasible, it would be best if
you actually update copying.dj, and
I'll start from there.
Everything else puts me in an uncertain
position: you mentioned "or any later version"
in this e-mail, but it is not written anywhere
else, but in your e-mail, so I probably can't
rely on that until you actually add a clarification.

Or, otherwise, could you please explicitly
state that "or any later version" applies?
I will then add your next e-mail to the source
tree for the reference.

Thank you!