Re: [PATCH] README: Git is released under the GPLv2, not just "the GPL"

Stefano Lattarini [off-list ref] writes:

On 12/15/2012 07:35 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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-Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License.
+Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public
+License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses).

Maybe you could be even more explicit ans state "some parts of it are
under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2".  But maybe this
is just overkill?

I personally do not think it is an overkill; because this "clarify
that we are version 2", followed by "not everything is, but as a
whole it is still GPLv2" is in the end about covering our ass, it is
better to be as clear as possible without making it into a novel.