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