Re: Final text of GPL v3

[Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>]

* Francesco Poli:

>> Well, we can decide this on a case-by-case basis.  We already have to,
>> because licenses which require certain notices to be preserved are
>> very common.
>
> Yes, that is exactly what I expressed: the disappointment that
> GPL-compatibility is no longer a DFSG-compliance guarantee.
> Some restrictions that can be legally added to a GPLv3'd work will make
> the work non-free, so we have to check on a case-by-case basis...  :-(

But in reality, this is nothing new.  People slap the GPLv2 on
combined works which they cannot legally license this way.  There have
been quite a few surprises.  I don't think this change is a major
issue for us, we just have to be careful as ever.

To be honest, I can't see any problems with this particular aspect of
the SHING GPL.