Re: forbidding later version of GPL for xsoldier
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On Sat, 08 Jun 2002 18:36:26 -0500 (CDT),
starner@okstate.edu wrote:
> >I took over the upstream of xsoldier (I am not the original author,
> >so I don't have the copyright). It was under GPL version 2
> >or later. Can I put it under GPL exactly version 2, that is,
> >forbid any later version? GPL says:
> [...]
> >Is forbidding later versions of GPL "further restrictions"?
>
> I don't think so; that clause is part of the GPL v2, not the GPLv2 or
> later.
>
> But why would you want to do this? There will be future incompatibilty
> with GPLv3 code and there's no reason to believe that the FSF will not
> make a GPLv3 that's substantially the same as v2. Also, to me, relicensing
> free code without the author's agreement is rude.
The reason is always the same: trust no one. However, if forbidding
later version of GPL causes a problem, I'm happy with the "version 2
or later" license. Getting works done is more important than my paranoia.
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