On 2025/06/09 22:33, Anthony J. Bentley wrote:
> 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.

yes please.

"GPLv2" without "+" or "only" is either "the porter didn't check", or
"upstream is unclear".