Re: [PATCH v9 1/6] LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license

Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-spdx,org.kernel.vger.linux-block,org.kernel.vger.linux-doc,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kselftest
Message-ID <87h75g0xbm.ffs@tglx>
On Fri, Oct 29 2021 at 11:44, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> preferred. A summary of benefits why projects outside of Linux might
> prefer to use copyleft-next >= 0.3.1 over GPLv2:
>
<snip>
>
> o copyleft-next has a 'built-in or-later' provision

Not convinced that this is a benefit under all circumstances, but that's
a philosopical problem. The real problem is this:

> +Valid-License-Identifier: copyleft-next-0.3.1

and

> +11. Later License Versions
> +
> +    The Copyleft-Next Project may release new versions of copyleft-next,
> +    designated by a distinguishing version number ("Later Versions").
> +    Unless I explicitly remove the option of Distributing Covered Works
> +    under Later Versions, You may Distribute Covered Works under any Later
> +    Version.

If I want to remove this option, then how do I express this with a SPDX
license identifier?

Sigh!

        tglx
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