M?ns Rullg?rd wrote: > sure. I personally feel uncomfortable with applying a license that > 1) nobody knows what it means, and 2) the FSF can change the terms of > at any time.
They can't. What most people do is say "This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version." This way the FSF can introduce a new version of the GPL and I can use any software with the above text under that new version. But if the software is only licensed under GPLv2, there is no way I can use it under GPLv3 without the author's permission. See e.g. the Linux kernel. Arnoud -- Arnoud Engelfriet, Dutch patent attorney - Speaking only for myself Patents, copyright and IPR explained for techies: http://www.iusmentis.com/