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by Scarblac 641 days ago
They decided to redistribute their modified version under the terms of the GPLv3, as they were allowed to do.

The recipients thus receive software licensed under the GPLv3.

I dont see why people would have any GPLv2 rights for this version.
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wang_li 641 days ago
> I dont see why people would have any GPLv2 rights for this version.

Because the code is licensed under GPL v2. Not or any later versions. In the original distribution there was a filed called LICENSE.txt which is just the literal GPL v2.0 text, which includes the text of the license as well as the explanatory text and instructions on how to apply it. There is a README.txt which includes the line "Licensed under the GNU General Public License 2.0." And then every source code file says:

     // This source is available for distribution and/or modification
     // only under the terms of the DOOM Source Code License as
     // published by id Software. All rights reserved.
So you would have the choice of GPLv2 or possibly this: https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Doom_Source_License
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