[PATCH] change the Copyright year from 2007 to 2008

[Werner Almesberger]

Antoine Reid wrote:
> Also how about the change from GPLv2 to GPLv3?

Yes, it seems a bit redundant at best, considering that the GPLv2+
version has been released. So this change would only affect future
work.

> Is all the code going to be GPLv3 now?

Wolfgang mentioned a while ago that (L)GPLv3 is preferred inside
Openmoko, but that other licenses can be used where appropriate:

http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/devel/2008-August/001480.html

> Changing the license to require a minimum of GPLv3 would
> (in my opinion, I am NOT a lawyer) prevent someone from using some of this
> code in a GPLv2 application...

There could indeed be complications:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility

> Maybe I missed another thread discussing this..?

Dunno. I found the change a bit surprising as well.

- Werner