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From:
"Anthony J. Bentley" <bentley@openbsd.org>
Subject:
Re: NEW: net/dnsviz
To:
Caspar Schutijser <caspar@schutijser.com>
Cc:
ports@openbsd.org
Date:
Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:33:06 -0600

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Caspar Schutijser writes:
> Nit: for the licensing comment, most ports just write "GPLv2" in this
> case.

I disagree, it's better to explicitly mark "GPLv2+" or "GPLv2 only":
many ports simply labeled "GPLv2" are actually GPLv2+, but one can't
make that guess without checking the code. The distinction is important
since GPLv3 code cannot link against GPLv2 only code.