Re: GPL "or any greater version"
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 09:32:51PM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
> > Once you've distributed a change to gcc, the copyright holder is free
> > to redistribute that change under any future version of the GPL, and
> > there's nothing you can do to prevent that. [Your distribution can
> > be "only under the terms of GPLv2", but each recipient "automatically
> > receives a license from the original licensor" and "You may not impose
> > any further restrictions".]
>
> He receives a license to the original program from the original
> licensor -- who's in no position to grant licenses to what I wrote.
> I'm compelled to offer a license under the terms of "this License,"
> which is GPL v2.
The original licensor (copyright holder) can govern the distribution terms
of derived works. This is a right granted by copyright law.
--Adam
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Adam McKenna <adam@debian.org> <adam@flounder.net>
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