Am Dienstag, den 05.04.2011, 09:19 +0200 schrieb Erik Hofman: > On Tue, 2011-04-05 at 01:59 +0200, kreuzritter2000 wrote: > > Am Montag, den 04.04.2011, 19:01 +0200 schrieb Erik Hofman: > > ha mAa > GPL2 or later, which doesn't mean the license of the version > > in the > > > base package can be changed to GPL3 without my permission. > > > > > > Erik > > > > No, this is exactly allowed. > > That's the reason why the two words "or later" were added, when the > > GPLv2 was created. > > No it's not. This is my model an placing my distribution under GPL3 > restricts it's license. Anyone is free to fork the Fokker-100 and place > it under the terms of GPL3 but the one in the base package is GPL2 (or > later) period. > > Erik
No, the "or" in the passus "GPLv2 or later" is a right to choose. Someone who gets the code can give it away under the terms of the GPLv2, but he does not need to do this, when there is a GPLv3 or later license available. He can give it away under the terms of GPLv3. Best Regards, Oliver C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
