License for 4.4

[Auke Kok]

Biju Chacko wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I think we should change the text of all GPL licensed components in XFCE 
> to GPL v2 only. This will allow us to move to GPL3 once we see a 
> consensus in the community to move to GPL3. Otherwise we will be 
> automatically switched when GPL3 is released.
> 
> I don't want to get into a license flamewar, but in my opinion we should 
> only move to GPL3 when several other big projects have done so. I don't 
> think any of us know enough about it, but I think it would be safer to 
> go along with the majority of the community is doing.

I second this, and we can still switch to include gplv3 in case we *do* think it's a 
good thing.

I suggest using the following text to indicate it in source code:

/********

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.

*********/

which is as close as it gets to the default header, and specifically points to v2 only. 
Not sure how this would be for Lgpl exactly though.

Cheers,

Auke