* Florian Weimer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070630 10:16]: > * Santiago Vila: > > > + file. Packages should not refer to GPL and LGPL symlinks in > > + that directory since different, incompatible versions of these > > + licenses have been published by the Free Software Foundation, > > + hence using the symlinks could lead to ambiguity. > > > > I disagree with this. It should be ok to point to the latest version > > of the GPL if the program says "Version X or later". Many programs > > do that, and we should not need to change them. > > But do we really want to license everything which is "GPL version 2 or > later" under the GPL version 3? > > And how do we discriminate between "GPL version 2 or later" and "GPL > version 3 or later"?
If it says "version N or later", we should of course point to the *earliest* version to give users the choice which version they want. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
