Re: GPL licenses and the any later version phrase (was: Re: A possible GFDL compromise)

2003-08-30 Thread Mathieu Roy
paul cannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] a tapoté : On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 12:15:50AM +0200, Mathieu Roy wrote: Without him, things are more unsettled. To be honest, I have no strict guarantees that the FSF cannot change but I hope that if someday the FSF disregard the GNU project and the Free

Re: GPL licenses and the any later version phrase (was: Re: A possible GFDL compromise)

2003-08-30 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Mathieu Roy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): You always can retroactively change the license for your software. It's *too late* only if people who received your software before you change your license continue to distribute it. They can distribute it under your previous license, but only the

GPL licenses and the any later version phrase (was: Re: A possible GFDL compromise)

2003-08-29 Thread paul cannon
On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 12:15:50AM +0200, Mathieu Roy wrote: Without him, things are more unsettled. To be honest, I have no strict guarantees that the FSF cannot change but I hope that if someday the FSF disregard the GNU project and the Free Software definition promoted by RMS, people will