Am Freitag, den 08.04.2011, 10:42 +0200 schrieb Melchior FRANZ: > And I don't consider the "or later" clause to be in the spirit > of the GPL at all. (In the spirit of the FSF, yes.) Because an > "or later" clause allows a fork under a license that is not > compatible with what the original work is under, so that > improvements in the fork cannot be ported back -- something > that the FSF (rightfully) sells us as one of the advantages. > You can include GPLv2 code in GPLv3 code, but not the other > way around, right? So, basically, I'd be forced to switch the > original work to GPLv3 to use other people's additions to it. > Very much *not* in the spirit of Free Software. > > I'm just not naïve/stupid enough for that.
If justage changes or new kinds of distributions arise the GPLv2 won't protect your intention that were the reasons why you have chosen GPLv2. A typical problem of GPLv2 is AFAIK, that someone can put your code in hardware but he don't need to tell you, how you can change or update it. And this is completly compliant with GPLv2, but with GPLv3 it is not. The GPLv3 changed that and. That's the reason why the "or later" clause is important, it can protect your intentions in the future. 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
