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docs: clarify GPL is version 2 or later in COPYING
Packagers asked whether the GPL-covered parts of Tiled are GPLv2-only or GPLv2-or-later. Source headers use the standard FSF 'v2 or later' wording; document this explicitly and give the SPDX id. Fixes #2018 Made-with: Cursor
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The full text of each license is provided in the files LICENSE.GPL
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and LICENSE.BSD.
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GPL version (2 only vs 2 or later)
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The Tiled application and its bundled plugins (see table above) are
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licensed under the GNU General Public License **version 2 or later**.
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Each source file in those directories states this in its header (the
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standard "either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
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version" wording). SPDX identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later.
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The file LICENSE.GPL contains the complete text of GNU GPL version 2.
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The "or later" option refers to any subsequent version of the GNU GPL
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published by the Free Software Foundation, as permitted by that license
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text.

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