> -----Original Message----- > From: b.n. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 6:29 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 2 to 3?? > > > Personally I'm quite happy with both GPLv2 and GPLv3. > Frankly, my only > real, serious concern is the fact that the two licences are > incompatible. > > The fact compatibility has not explicitly allowed sounds > plain crazy to > me. > > When I tried asking about how to have some degree of compatibility > between GPLv2 and GPLv3 in code I write, everyone told me > "just license it under GPLv2 or any later version". The problem > is that in this case I have to blindly trust the FSF about anything > that will come out of it. >
That honestly is the only real way to make them compatible, to use the "or any later version" clause. Version 3 only allows for very specific modifications to itself. Version 2 was a little more forgiving. Version 3 says "Here is a list of optional clauses." There are other options, but they make it into a new license. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
