On 05 Aug 2004 10:24:24 -0400, Ben Winslow wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 09:18, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> >
> > 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.
Yes, but the actual software is licensed under either canonical GPL v2+,
or under GPL v2-only (more strict), or under GPL plus some additional
permissions (less strict). All these are not compatible in the long run.
This was all discussed on the internet I suppose; if you really want, you
may find the discussions. The summary is, if I copy a code from some
kernel file licensed under GPL v2-only to fvwm.c licensed under the
canonical GPL v2+, the kernel guy has all the rights to sue me.
So, let's stop here. Just like GPL v2 is a fixed version of v1 and noone
uses v1-only now, the v3 may be a fixed version of v2 if some legal
problems are found, in this case no one will use v2 anymore. I would
suggest to use the canonical GPL v2+ (or just GPL for short) for all
new code if you want to avoid any legal problems now or in the future.
Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Thu Aug 05 2004 - 10:34:17 BST