Re: upstream changing from GPL-2+ to GPL-3+ without copyright holders permission

2019-08-12 Thread Florian Weimer
* Ian Jackson: >> In general, I agree. But there might be cases that are less >> clear-cut. For example, if the upgrade from GPLv2+ to GPLv3+ is used >> to gain permission to combine the work with an AGPL work, especially >> if this is done in an "open core" context. > > Florian, are you still

Re: upstream changing from GPL-2+ to GPL-3+ without copyright holders permission

2019-08-11 Thread Ian Jackson
Florian Weimer writes ("Re: upstream changing from GPL-2+ to GPL-3+ without copyright holders permission"): > Andrej Shadura: > > then it is totally fine to choose that option, since the copyright > > holders have already given that permission you think they need to

Re: upstream changing from GPL-2+ to GPL-3+ without copyright holders permission

2019-08-06 Thread Roberto
On Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 09:18:23AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > Many authors provide conflicting license statements. It's not > unusual. In the extreme case, it makes the software undistributable > and unsuitable for Debian. I know, conflicting statements are a serious problem. But that's a

Re: upstream changing from GPL-2+ to GPL-3+ without copyright holders permission

2019-08-06 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 09:38:08 -0300 Eriberto Mota wrote: > Hi folks, Hello! > > I have a basic doubt. > > A program called "test" was released by Bob over GPL-2+. This program > got contributions from Ana and Chloe. The development was stopped some > years later and, now, Ted want continue this

Re: upstream changing from GPL-2+ to GPL-3+ without copyright holders permission

2019-08-06 Thread Florian Weimer
* Roberto: > On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 11:37:22PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: >> In general, I agree. But there might be cases that are less >> clear-cut. For example, if the upgrade from GPLv2+ to GPLv3+ is used >> to gain permission to combine the work with an AGPL work, especially >> if this

Re: upstream changing from GPL-2+ to GPL-3+ without copyright holders permission

2019-08-05 Thread Roberto
On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 11:37:22PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > In general, I agree. But there might be cases that are less > clear-cut. For example, if the upgrade from GPLv2+ to GPLv3+ is used > to gain permission to combine the work with an AGPL work, especially > if this is done in an

Re: upstream changing from GPL-2+ to GPL-3+ without copyright holders permission

2019-08-05 Thread Florian Weimer
* Andrej Shadura: > Hi, > > On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 at 14:38, Eriberto Mota wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> I have a basic doubt. >> >> A program called "test" was released by Bob over GPL-2+. This program >> got contributions from Ana and Chloe. The development was stopped some >> years later and, now,

upstream changing from GPL-2+ to GPL-3+ without copyright holders permission

2019-08-05 Thread Eriberto Mota
Hi folks, I have a basic doubt. A program called "test" was released by Bob over GPL-2+. This program got contributions from Ana and Chloe. The development was stopped some years later and, now, Ted want continue this development. However, Ted kept the name "test" and changed the licensing to