GNS3 / GNS3/dynamips

Can Dynamips be used with newer GPL licenses?

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Description

The license suggests it could be used with later versions of the GPL: https://github.com/GNS3/dynamips/blob/master/COPYING#L282-L310

There aren't any references to this in the source code though, so it's not clear if the license is only GPLv2 or also any later version.

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Research direction

Read the licensing text in COPYING at lines 282-310, then inspect the source files for the license references mentioned in the issue. Confirm whether the project permits later GPL versions and document the conclusion consistently in the relevant licensing information.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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