Re: GPLv2-only considered harmful [was Re: GnuTLS in Debian]
On 2013-12-28 17:59:35 -0500, Stephen M. Webb wrote:
> On 12/28/2013 04:15 PM, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 04:11:18PM -0500, Stephen M. Webb wrote:
> >> There are organization who will allow v2 but not v3 because of
> >> the tivoizaton and patent clauses. A developer may want his work
> >> to be used by such organizations as well as by Debian.
> >
> > That would be an argument for v2+, not v2 only.
>
> Nope. An organization that will not accept the GPLv3 because of the
> tivoization and patent clauses will not accept GPLv2 or later.
Then such an organization should not accept any 3rd-party software,
because the copyright holder is free to add a license at any time,
such as changing "GPLv2 only" to "GPLv2 or later", including versions
that have already been released. This is just silly.
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