Re: A possible GFDL compromise
On Thu, 28 Aug, 2003 at 06:43:48PM -0500, Rick Moen wrote:
> "...or (at your [the recipient's] option) any later version." The fact
> that "your" refers to the _recipient_ means that Scott's worst-case
> scenario of FSF issuing a screwball GPLv3 is not a serious concern
> _even_ for work whose licence grants include the quoted phrase.
How about this scenario:
1- A hostile group gets control of the FSF (treachery, trickery,
bribery, lawsuits, ...?)
2- They release a new version of the GPLv4, which states that "this
software should be treated as released into the public domain"
3- All copyleft protection of items licensed with the "(at your option)
any later version" phrase disappears.
Sort of the "tentacles of evil" thought exercise. This is what I was
always worried about when seeing that phrase. Sort of seems like a back
door being reserved.
Could this even happen?
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