On 9 Sep 2009, at 18:04, Joseph Wakeling wrote:
In addressing this there are several policies that can be put in
place NOW:
(1) All new files added to the code or docs must contain an
unambiguous copyright AND licensing notice: I suggest in this
case GPLv2 or later for code, and the GFDL 1.1 or later for
docs.
I think that the formulation should be "GPL, v2 or latest", because
otherwise those that want to redistribute the code can choose which
version, which is not the intent - v3 is in fact more restrictive with
respect to tivoization. Only one GPL should be applicable. The
formulation "or later" is probably spilled usage when indicating which
version can be used - then it means one can choose version.
This formulation also means that the distribution conditions may
change, even though the copyright notice is not changed of a package,
when new version of the GPL are issued. I think that is fully legal.
Hans
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