> -----Original Message----- > From: Bernd Wurst > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 10:02 PM
> Am Mittwoch, 20. Dezember 2006 10:42 schrieb Alessandro Vesely: > > However, I'm concerned about that "and no other version". > > I'm concerned about the frequent use of "or any later > version" in many free software projects. Some free software > enthusiasts are still not very happy with the contents of > GPLv3, so why should someone place his code under a license > he does not know yet? And while one's thinking about that, ponder the fact that a court in some jurisdiction somewhere in the world could decide to rule on some aspect of a license that developers thought they understood, and we'd end up with an _effective_ license that is different from the currently understood one (at least in that jurisdiction). > > GPLv3 should > > come in a few months and Courier's Copyright holder may > > want to use it. > > Then, there will still be an incompatibility: would the DomainKeys > > Identified Mail (DKIM) addition have to be reverted in that case? > Don't spend too much brain about that version-stuff. After > all changes that have been made, I still hope that GPLv3 will > be somewhat compatible with GPLv2, so you can use GPLv2 code > in GPLv3 projects. Everything else would break GPLv3's neck. While we're at it, Sam is of course perfectly free to use any license he chooses, but changing a license mid-stream carries implications that are quite different in nature from changing the version of a library. Which is to say that if one is content with GPLv2, why on earth would one change? Particularly since, in the short term, it may be wise to see if a new version like GPLv3 gets challenged or interpreted in some unanticipated fashion... > cu, Bernd Malc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
