At 2004-07-26 19:52:03 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> the GPL says that GPL'd software can be distributed under the GNU GPL
> version 2 OR "at your option, any later version"!
^^^^
See that "your" up there?
The FSF can release a GPLv3 with whatever terms they choose, and you can
simply not accept its terms for software that was released under the old
license.
> So does that mean that FSF can someday release a GPL version 3 with
> properietary clauses and effectively un-GPL in spirit, ALL the free
> software in the world?
No.
> They can even grant FSF all ownership rights to all GPL'd software and
> turn into the next MS! Scary!
They definitely can't do that. The copyright holders retain copyright no
matter what license they choose to release their code under, and unless
they grant the FSF any additional rights explicitly, the FSF has rights
only insofar as the GPL grants them.
-- ams
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