Re: GNU Arch moves to GPL v3 or later
"Alfred M. Szmidt" <[email protected]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:54:17 +0200 (CEST)
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> You're confusing the permissions notice, which allows a > disjunction of template licenses, with the template licenses > themselves, each of which individually must remain unchanged. > The "or later" phrasing is simply a compact way to express > what legally is a multiple license, akin to the GPL+FDL > licensing recommended by the FSF for code examples in > documentation. > > You clearly do not undertstand the GPL, > > b. You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that > in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program > or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge > to all third parties under the terms of this License. > > > `or later' is part of the license terms, much like a the clauses of > Bison that allow people to use the output in non-free software. > I'm pretty sure you're wrong, Alfred but before I explain why: can you cite a source for that opinion? Is there something in the FSF's GPL FAQ, for example? Can you quote anything that states otherwise? Instead of asking silly questions, you can simply send a mail to [email protected].