On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 09:18, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> On 05 Aug 2004 08:54:42 -0400, Ben Winslow wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 08:39, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> > > Returning to the GPL or LGPL license tweaking. Developers may use any
> > > license they want, but they should be aware, if they change the canonical
> > > license, the software is no longer freely mixable with all other software
> > > under the canonical license. If you want to be the most helpful to
> > > others, use the canonical license, don't invent your own changes to it,
> > > there is no need to have isolated sets of GPL'd and almost GPL'd software.
> > FWIW, the "or any later version" bit isn't part of the license itself,
> > but rather the suggested usage of the license (under the 'How to Apply
> > These Terms to Your New Programs' section, after the terms and
> > conditions.) The Linux kernel, for example, doesn't include the '...any
> > later version' wording; in fact, it explicitly states this to not be so
> > (see COPYING in the top of the kernel source tree.)
>
> This is incorrect. Download the license text (GNU GPL version 2), it
> includes the canonical wording at lines 299.
...and the sentence "END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS" at line 280.
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Ben Winslow <rain_at_bluecherry.net>
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Received on Thu Aug 05 2004 - 09:29:56 BST