On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:55:55 -0500 Robert Goley <rago...@rdasys.com> wrote:
> I realize that I am just a user but if it is not broke, why fix it? The > GPL3 is more restrictive and not less. It only restricts anyone downstream > from using any gpl2 code with it whereas leaving it gpl2+ allows anyone > downstream the choice of using it with gpl2 or gpl3 code. But GPLv2 is broken, that's the point. Instead of me trying to reiterate things, I'll just point to FSF's page on the matter: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html > My 2 cents but I > consider any license that is not backwardly compatible with itself to be > broken... That's most likely always going to be the case. Any sufficiently detailed license is most likely going to be impossible to make non-trivial changes to without making it incompatible. Rgds -- Pierre Ossman Software Development Cendio AB http://cendio.com Teknikringen 8 http://twitter.com/ThinLinc 583 30 Linköping http://facebook.com/ThinLinc Phone: +46-13-214600 http://plus.google.com/112509906846170010689 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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