GPLv2§2(a) does not say what you think it says

Posted Nov 6, 2024 15:55 UTC (Wed) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523)
In reply to: GPLv2§2(a) does not say what you think it says by paulj
Parent article: The OpenWrt One system

> The customary practices of the software industry have changed greatly since the GPL was written.

SCCS (1973) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code_Control_System>
RCS (1982) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_Control_System>
CVS (1986) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent_Versions_System>
GPLv2 (1991)

So at the time the GPL v2 was drafted, version control system were already in use by professional developers,
including by the GNU project (which released RCS as GPLv1 before GLPv2 was published).