On 08/30/2010 09:21 AM, jh wrote:

Some of the longest running and most successful free software projects
did not substantially *) change their license. Ever. And are doing just
fine.
>
*) apart from subtle upgrades like GPL vX to GPL v(X+1)

Some people think that GPL upgrades aren't subtle, or prefer GPL 2 to GPL 3, or cannot upgrade even if they wanted to. The Linux kernel is a good example of all three.

The majority (> 50%) of GPL projects are now GPL 3. Which is hardly an argument against allowing relicencing.

- Rob.

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