Releases before 7.9.3 licensed under GPL version 2
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- Notepad++ 7.9.3 (release date 2021-02-15) upgraded the licence from GPL version 2 to GPL version 3. Releases up to 7.9.2 were distributed under GPL version 2, so obligations for legacy copies follow GPL-2.0 wording (for example the written-offer rules of GPL-2.0 section 3). The FSF states that GPLv2 and GPLv3 are not compatible, except where code is licensed "version 2 or later".
- Applies when
- Reviewing redistribution of legacy Notepad++ versions.
- Applies to
- Notepad++ releases before 7.9.3