On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Mark Mitchell wrote: > Joseph S. Myers wrote: >> Will the transition to use GPLv3+exception need to be made on release >> branches before any more releases are made from them (so that if anyone >> should volunteer to the SC to make any further 4.2 releases, before the >> point at which I propose to close 4.2 branch in the absence of such a >> volunteer, they will need to ensure the transition patch is backported)? > We should just update the licenses on the trunk. The change from GPLv2 > to GPLv3 in the midst of the 4.2.x release cycle was confusing to > people. I see no reason to do that again.
This matches my understanding as well. I do believe that GCC 4.4 should be released with this new license; does this match your understanding? Gerald
