# HG changeset patch # User František Kučera # Date 1569068673 -7200 # Node ID ccbe2cf582bb5ea4cf8137a1c4bad07cd05f0384 # Parent 893043da854c04bac6cdc6569929630826022fac GNU GPLv3 compatibility is required diff -r 893043da854c -r ccbe2cf582bb ssm.en.xml --- a/ssm.en.xml Sat Sep 21 14:11:31 2019 +0200 +++ b/ssm.en.xml Sat Sep 21 14:24:33 2019 +0200 @@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ c3599313-338b-428d-885f-964a443d76c6 - The license should be compatible with GNU GPL in order to allow mixing with the GPL code. + The license must be compatible with GNU GPLv3 in order to allow mixing with the GPL code. + The only exception is older software (created before this manifesto i.e. 2019) which is unable to change the license + due to the copyright owned by many authors who can not be reached anymore and who can not provide approval with the license upgrade. + Such software is called „Sane with exception“. + + Software versioned under GPLv2+ or GPLv3+ is compatible with GPLv3. f39b90ae-0054-467e-a9e2-43379b7c2331