On 2010-1-14 10:29 , Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > On Jan 13, 2010, at 16:43, William Siegrist wrote: > >> On Jan 13, 2010, at 2:37 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> >>> Section 14 of the GPL v3 says: >>> >>> Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program >>> specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU General Public License >>> “or any later version” applies to it, you have the option of following the >>> terms and conditions either of that numbered version or of any later >>> version published by the Free Software Foundation. If the Program does not >>> specify a version number of the GNU General Public License, you may choose >>> any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation. >> >> As it says above, projects opt into this by adding "or any later version". >> It is not automatic. > > As far as I can tell, the distinction then is between "this version or any > later version" or "this version or any later or earlier version." (I restored > my full quote above which I believe says this, though IANAL.) I don't see any > option that means "this version and no other version". Is that your > interpretation as well? And do we really need to distinguish between those > cases in the portfiles? If so, I have to review all my portfiles, and other > maintainers who were not aware of the distinction would have to also.
The rather straightforward third option is to specify a version but not say "or any later version", in which case neither of these sentences applies. - Josh _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
