On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 10:10:04PM -0500, David Turner wrote: > The GPL is finally showing cracks after 14 years (12 for v2). I don't > think any license could work for 95 years (assuming no future CTEAs). > So, that's why there's the upgrade option.
I've always seen the upgrade clause as ensuring that the license is upwards-compatible (so we don't have the OpenSSL "contact every upstream author" deal come about when GPLv3 comes about), with this bit being handy but very secondary. -- Glenn Maynard