??changed: -Licensing under the "GNU GPL v2 only" is problematic: when we publish GNU GPL v3, it will be important for all GNU GPL-covered programs to advance to v3, which will deal with new flaws. But, v3 has to be incompatible with v2, because of the copyleft. - -Thus, we ask that you release it under the GNU GPL version 2, or any later version. If you don't put this in the files now, the only way to port your program to GPL v3 would be to ask each and every copyright holder, and that may be very difficult, even impossible (e.g. if a contributor is not reachable anymore). - - -Some people were worried about apparently giving the FSF (who publishes the GNU GPL) control over their project. -It is not, check section 9 of the GNU GPL: - - "The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the General Public License from time to time. Licensing under "GNU GPL v2 only" (or v3 only) is problematic: since we have published GNU GPL v3, it is important for GNU GPL-covered programs to advance to v3, which deals with new flaws. But, v3 is incompatible with v2, because of the nature of copyleft. The same issues will arise when a GPLv4 is needed.
Thus, we ask that you release your software under GNU GPL version 2 (or 3), *or any later version*. If you don't put this clause in the files now, the only way to port your program to GPL v3 would be to ask each and every copyright holder, and that may be very difficult, even impossible (e.g. if a contributor is not reachable anymore). Some people worry about apparently giving the FSF (who publishes the GNU GPL) the ability to arbitrarily relicense their project. This is not the case, per section 9 of the GNU GPL: "The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the General Public License from time to time. ??changed: -The first GNU GPL v3 draft is currently available in a public review context at http://gplv3.fsf.org/ . Feel free to send your suggestions using the dedicated web interface. - -Links - GPLv3 is generally recommended. See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html for the complete text, which includes the recommended license notice to put in your files. Links: -- forwarded from https://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/[EMAIL PROTECTED]://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance _______________________________________________ Savannah-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/savannah-cvs
