Re: NEW ocaml licence proposal by upstream, will be part of the 3.08.1 release going into sarge.

[Michael Poole <mdpoole@troilus.org>]

Raul Miller writes:

> On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 02:19:23PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> > This excerpt is quite clear:
> > 
> > A Program may specify GPL2 and "any later version" - check
> > If the Program just says "GPL", the recipient may use any version - check
> >
> > If the Program says "GPL v2" alone, there's nothing in S9 that leads
> > to later versions being applicable.
> 
> I can see why you'd think that.  However, that's not one of the terms
> offered by GPL v2.  Perhaps there will be a GPL v3 which offers something
> analogous to "GPL v2 alone" as one of its terms.

Section 9 of the GPLv2 is quite clear: It says *if* the the program
specifies that any later version may be used, then you may elect to
use a later version.  It also says that *if* no version is specified,
you may use any version.  It does not say those are the only choices
for software that uses the GPL, so it does not prohibit specifying a
particular GPL version to the exclusion of others.

Michael Poole