On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, Ira Abramov wrote: > > 2. What if someday the people controlling FSF release Version 5 of the > > GPL, which says that they (FSF) alone are allowed the rights; and other > > people have to pay royalties (e.g. "to pay for court costs incurred by > > the need to defend GPL"). > > then any software released under "GPL 5 only" should not be trusted. all > software already released as "GPL2 or later" is just that. you choose, > when you download the tarball, if you are recieving it under the terms > of GPL 2, 3, 4 or 5 (I chose 2 for now :) and the new evil GPL doesn't > bother you.
They can't limit rights already granted in "version 5", but they actually CAN add a clause that allows additional rights (like the right to change and use it in closed-source modules) to those who pay them royalties. You can look at what TrollTech is doing as an example. Alon -- This message was sent by Alon Altman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ICQ:1366540 The RIGHT way to contact me is by e-mail. I am otherwise nonexistent :) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -=[ Random Fortune ]=- Death before dishonor. But neither before breakfast. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
