The GPL3 was intentionally broken to be incompatible with GPL2. That was
spelled out by the lead lawyer working on it. The GPL2 isn't broken, it is
deficient un two areas but errs on the side of more freedom in both cases.
The first case being the "tivo" drm issue. It allows someone to lock it
down with drm so you can't hack or modify it on their hardware. The second
is that hosted but none download able software does not fit the criteria
for forced disclosure of modified source code. The AFGPL was designed to
fix that issue. Neither of these is an issue for this project so why the
concern or issue with leaving the license as is?
Robert
On Feb 15, 2013 4:38 AM, "Pierre Ossman" <oss...@cendio.se> wrote:
> 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
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> 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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