Over there on LKML... the thread is unfolding... LOL. Alexandre Oliva wrote: > > Here's an idea that just occurred to me, after all the discussions > about motivations, tit-for-tat, authors' wishes and all. > > If GPLv3 were to have a clause that permitted combination/linking with > code under GPLv2, this wouldn't be enough for GPLv3 projects to use > Linux code, and it wouldn't be enough for Linux code to use GPLv3 > projects. That's because GPLv2 would still demand all code to be > licensed under GPLv2, and GPLv3 wouldn't permit this. > > However, if GPLv3 had a permission to combine/link with code under > GPLv2, *and* Linux (and any other projects interested in mutual > compatibility) introduced an additional permission to combine/link > with code under GPLv3 (or even GPLv3+, constrained by some condition > if you will), then: > > - the kernel Linux could use code from GPLv3 projects > > - GPLv3 projects could use code from Linux > > - each copyright holder would still get to enforce the terms s/he > chose for his/her own code > > Does this sound like something that would make sense for your > community, so as to maintain/increase cooperation between authors who > love GPLv2 and those who love defense for freedom, while respecting > each author's not-always-compatible wishes? > > In other words, does it even make sense for the FSF to consider > introducing such a provision in GPLv3, that AFAICT, by itself, would > have no effect whatsoever, since an additional permission would be > needed for the GPLv2 side? > > If you were to permit compatibility with GPLv3+ (rather than GPLv3), > would you constrain it? Would something like: > > as long as the later version grants each licensee the same > permissions as GPLv2, except for constraining permissions that would > enable one licensee to deny other licensees the exercise of the > permissions granted by both licenses > > do, subject to translation to proper legalese (if that's at all > possible)? > > Do you know of any other communities that are like-minded with you, > that are sticking with GPLv2, that I could poll about interest in such > a provision in GPLv3? > > Thanks, and sorry for taking your attention away from coding one more > time. I hope you find it worth it this time. > > -- > Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ > FSF Latin America Board Member http://www.fsfla.org/ > Red Hat Compiler Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED], gcc.gnu.org} > Free Software Evangelist [EMAIL PROTECTED], gnu.org} > -
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