>>>>> Bernd Schmidt writes: Bernd> I don't think that's true. Given that all copyrights are assigned to Bernd> the FSF, the FSF could license these changes as GPLv2+ (in 4.2) and Bernd> GPLv3+ (in 4.3 and up) without a problem. The original author's wishes Bernd> do not come into play.
Quoting RMS: "...I recognize that author of a bug fix can make it available under GPLv2...." David