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From:   Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To:     =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] COPYING: remove mention of GPLv3, clarify
 sub-project COPYING
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=C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> The COPYING file added in [1] is a product of its era, at the time
> discussions around the GPLv3 were quite active. Since then we have had
> almost on "GPL v2 or later" notices anywhere.

no

>
> Since then[2][3] linux.git has replaced its version of almost the
> identical wording with something that's a bit more formal, and which
> isn't mostly addressing a hypothetical future GPL v3 migratin. Let's

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