On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 16:45 +0100, Peter Robinson wrote: > > We're not retroactively re-licensing existing code. > > Really? By moving to GPLv3 your removing the ability to use GPLv2 > which is by definition a re-license of the code.
Not really, this is a common misconception: redistributing code under later versions of the GPL is explicitly allowed by the current licensing terms (GPLv2 or later). If it weren't the case, then we'd have to ask for permissions to all copyright holders, which includes present and past contributors of legally relevant portions of the code. What constitutes a "legally relevant" portion is a matter of infinite arguments between copyright lawyers. -- Bernie Innocenti Sugar Labs Infrastructure Team http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Infrastructure_Team _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
