Am 17.10.2011 16:17, schrieb Anthony Liguori: > On 10/17/2011 07:50 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> On 10/17/2011 02:38 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote: >>>> Could we please draft some policy on this? This is not a GDB issue, >>>> it's >>>> very general. Whether we like it or not, there is GPLv3-licensed code >>>> and there will probably be a GPLv4 one day. >>> >>> I don't see anything wrong with GPLv2 only. While I don't think there's >>> anything wrong with GPLv3, I think that "or later" is a dangerous clause >>> to add. >> >> License fragmentation with respect to the de facto standard toolchain >> (binutils) >> is wrong. > > Fragmentation with respect to the de factor standard kernel (Linux) is > wrong.
Tell that to the GNU and FSF people. :) In my personal opinion, Open Source licenses should preserve our freedom, not make us unnecessarily duplicate code. I'm just asking to not make the situation worse than it is. Regards, Andreas -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer; HRB 16746, AG Nürnberg