Martin responded to me:
"Even if the document itself says that it remains
valid even if a new
version
is issued? I thought that was pretty clear that
compliance with any
published version was sufficient to receive the rights
granted by the
license. I don't understand. A new document in this
case explicitly
would
not revoke the rights granted by the old document.
Rights can only be
revoked for non-compliance, else what good is the
whole license anyway?
What am I missing here? It sounds like you're saying
that anything
released
as Open under this license can be rendered Closed at
will. That will
send
the conspiracy crowd screaming, if I'm interpreting
you correctly."
Please just ignore my post that drew this comment. I
should know better than to start law stuff again. I
was discussing general license issues. As I mentioned
in a later email this license (the OGL) is perpetual
and you may use earlier versions.
What I was saying is that it is the terms of the OGL
that give that ability, not licenses in general.
The last thing I want to do is get the conspiracy
theory guys all wound up again now that everyone can
plainly see there is no conspiracy and that YOU ARE
NOT GETTING SCREWED.
Clark
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