Allow use of code under later versions of GPL #274
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The license type of Arduino Lint is hereby changed from "GPL-3.0-only" to "GPL-3.0-or-later", for the reason explained here: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#VersionThreeOrLater Arduino Lint's GPL 3.0 license itself provides for either type, but the "or later" exception is only available if it is explicitly stated: > If the Program specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU General Public License "or any later version" > applies to it, you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that numbered version or of any > later version published by the Free Software Foundation. This was not previously done in the Arduino Lint code base, meaning that it could not be used by code licensed under some later version of GPL. The previous use of the "GPL-3.0-only" license type was not a conscious decision, but simply the result of copy/pasting the license header from another project which happened to be "GPL-3.0-only". I simply copy/pasted the license from Arduino CLI, which is also "GPL-3.0-only". Since Arduino has complete ownership of all code subject to this change, no external permission must be obtained to make this change.
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The license type of Arduino Lint is hereby changed from "GPL-3.0-only" to "GPL-3.0-or-later", for the reason explained here:
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#VersionThreeOrLater
Arduino Lint's GPL 3.0 license itself provides for either type, but the "or later" exception is only available if it is
explicitly stated:
This was not previously done in the Arduino Lint code base, meaning that it could not be used by code licensed under some later version of GPL.
The previous use of the "GPL-3.0-only" license type was not a conscious decision, but simply the result of copy/pasting the license header from another project which happened to be "GPL-3.0-only". I simply copy/pasted the license from Arduino CLI, which is also "GPL-3.0-only".
Since Arduino has complete ownership of all code subject to this change, no external permission must be obtained to make this change.