GPLv3 packages (was multi-line colorization)

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Mike Kupfer writes:
 > Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
 > 
 > > It's also hard to build up much enthusiasm for losing sleep in order
 > > to condense about 100kB of ChangeLogs into release notes when AFAIK
 > > there are no patches in the queue that require a GPLv3 XEmacs before
 > > they can be applied.
 > 
 > Where are we with respect to GPLv3+ packages?  I have a newer version of
 > Gnus in my queue, which I haven't done anything with because it's
 > GPLv3+.  Can I move forward with it, or do I have to wait for the
 > license change for the core code?

To the extent that these are *XEmacs* packages, probably you should
wait.  OTOH, there already *is* a GPLv3 program that uses the packages
by design (SXEmacs).  So it may be OK if you say it's for use with
SXEmacs.  Ask the FSF copyright clerk or a lawyer. :-(