docs: clarify GPL is version 2 or later (COPYING)#4465
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Clarifies the effective GPL licensing for the GPL-covered portions of Tiled to resolve packaging ambiguity (GPLv2-only vs GPLv2-or-later), aligning COPYING with the per-file “or later” headers while noting that LICENSE.GPL contains the GPLv2 text.
Changes:
- Add an explicit section to
COPYINGstating the GPL-covered parts are GPL-2.0-or-later. - Document how this relates to
LICENSE.GPLshipping the GPLv2 license text.
| GPL version (2 only vs 2 or later) | ||
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| The Tiled application and its bundled plugins (see table above) are | ||
| licensed under the GNU General Public License **version 2 or later**. |
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COPYING is plain text, but this section uses Markdown bold (**version 2 or later**). Consider removing the Markdown markup (or using plain text emphasis) so the wording renders cleanly in all contexts (e.g., package viewers, text-mode displays).
| licensed under the GNU General Public License **version 2 or later**. | |
| licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 or later. |
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Hi @bjorn, |
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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 mapeditor#2018
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Clarifies that Tiled is licensed under "GPL v2 or later" in
COPYING.The project's actual licensing (GPL-2.0-or-later, matching
README.mdand source file headers) wasn't reflected inCOPYING, which just included the bare GPL v2 text. This adds a short header above the license text making the "or later" intent explicit, so anyone openingCOPYINGsees the same licensing statement that's in the source headers.Branch rebased onto current master; one-file change only.