On Tue, 5 Apr 2011 21:14:03 +0200, Melchior wrote in message <201104052114.04...@rk-nord.at>:
> * TDO_Brandano - -- Tuesday 05 April 2011: > > The terms of the unmodified GPL v2 allow the relicencing by 3rd > > parties with subsequent licences > [citation:] > > | either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later > > version. > > Caution: this is *not* part of the GPLv2. It's *below* the line > stating "END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS", and is just meant as an > *example* for how (the FSF would like us) to apply the GPLv2. ..dig deep into can of worms in the 2'nd paragraph of §9 in: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html > But the license is also valid if such a block is *not* added to > every single code file. This is just a suggestion for "best > practice". > > IOW: GPLv2 means GPLv2, it does *not* mean "GPLv2 or later". ..one of the problems with the GPLv2 is that that _can_ be argued both ways, not to mention litigated both ways. More bait at: http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=20050131065655645 -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
