Glenn Maynard asked:
Is it valid to combine GPL work placed under GPL version 2 with one
under GPL version 2 or any later version? That is, do versioning
choices impact compatibility (when the versions overlap)? Are all future
modifications bound to give the same permission to upgrade the GPL?
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 11:17:57PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
Glenn Maynard asked:
Is it valid to combine GPL work placed under GPL version 2 with one
under GPL version 2 or any later version? That is, do versioning
choices impact compatibility (when the versions overlap)? Are all future
Glenn Maynard wrote:
You're
replying to my forwarding of the official answer, repeating the answer
as if it wasn't there. I can't imagine why, though I'm a little wary
at the moment for a Nerode-flood of thirty such useless replies at once
...
Reading list mail *way* behind, sorry. I was
* Raul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] [040827 01:15]:
If GPL v2 is understood to prohibit the exercise of either of the
options from section 9, then this interpretation would have merit.
GPL v2 cannot mean to prohibit anything. As section 9 says that
GPL v2 means GPL v2. (And one could have made it
* Glenn Maynard [EMAIL PROTECTED] [040826 23:59]:
If Raul's interpretation of the GPL is correct
(the second alternative above), then [...]
Then 0 is 1 and black is white and humanity dies when
trying to pass a street.
Sorry, could not resist,
Bernhard R. Link
Response from David Turner, forwarded with permission. As noted, please
keep the ticket number (gnu.org #209128) in the subject line if you CC
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to them
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 03:41:23PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote:
Response from David Turner, forwarded with permission. As noted, please
keep the ticket number (gnu.org #209128) in the subject line if you CC
[EMAIL PROTECTED] with responses. I havn't added them to the CC of this
forward,
* Glenn Maynard [EMAIL PROTECTED] [040826 00:47]:
It seems like an added restriction; version 2 implies no upgrades
allowed. It would allow a third party to prevent his modifications
from being used in the original work, if the original authors want to
maintain or any later version, by not
Dropped [EMAIL PROTECTED] from the CC ...
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 10:13:58AM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote:
* Glenn Maynard [EMAIL PROTECTED] [040826 00:47]:
It seems like an added restriction; version 2 implies no upgrades
allowed. It would allow a third party to prevent his modifications
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 04:10:23PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote:
Two programs' licenses are incompatible if you can't combine them and
distribute the result. If Raul's interpretation of the GPL is correct
(the second alternative above), then a GPL v2 program would be incompatible
with a GPL v2
On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 04:40:34PM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
And my changes do specify a version number.
Hmm. It comes down to compatibility again. This isn't immediately
clear to me either way from reading the license; instead of trying
to interpret, I'm going to punt the question.
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