Excerpts from Alexander Duscheleit's message of 2010-08-26 19:57:35 +0200: > On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:18:30 +0200 > Philipp Überbacher <hollun...@lavabit.com> wrote: > > > Besides that, I think it's future proof. > > One issue though is that the meaning of: > > ('GPL2' 'GPL3') > > isn't the same as: > > 'GPL2 or later' > > It only is practically the same because there's nothing beyond GPL3 > > yet. > > Just out of curiosity... > > Supposed, there is a GPL4 around at some time in the future. > Now, if I receive some software under the terms of "GPL2 or later", > would it be in my right, to redistribute said software under "GPL3 > only" as opposed to "GPL3 or later"?
That's a good question, and my guess is 'no', because you're restricting the ones you give the program to. But technically you also limit the choice by not allowing GPLv2 anymore, so I really don't know. IANAL :) -- Philipp -- "Wir stehen selbst enttäuscht und sehn betroffen / Den Vorhang zu und alle Fragen offen." Bertolt Brecht, Der gute Mensch von Sezuan