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Re:I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) by pantalaimon on Thursday April 24, 2025 @07:09PM (#43788526)
GPLv2 by default means GPLv2 or later, so GPLv3 is perfectly valid indeed.
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Re:I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) by mmx1 on Friday April 25, 2025 @02:39AM (#43790805)
That's actually not true. GPLv2 by default means v2, not v3, unless you explicitly allow "or later."

Linux is actually the famed example of v2 but not v3.

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