Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261816AbVDKQKL (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Apr 2005 12:10:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261831AbVDKQJn (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Apr 2005 12:09:43 -0400 Received: from mail.enyo.de ([212.9.189.167]:35205 "EHLO mail.enyo.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261826AbVDKQGD (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Apr 2005 12:06:03 -0400 From: Florian Weimer To: Petr Baudis Cc: Ingo Molnar , Linus Torvalds , Willy Tarreau , Kernel Mailing List , "Randy.Dunlap" , Ross Vandegrift Subject: Re: GIT license (Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [ANNOUNCE] git-pasky-0.1) References: <20050410184522.GA5902@pasky.ji.cz> <20050410222737.GC5902@pasky.ji.cz> <20050410232637.GC18661@pasky.ji.cz> <20050410235617.GE18661@pasky.ji.cz> <20050411074523.GB5485@elte.hu> <871x9hemfz.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <20050411105211.GA28484@pasky.ji.cz> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:05:56 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20050411105211.GA28484@pasky.ji.cz> (Petr Baudis's message of "Mon, 11 Apr 2005 12:52:11 +0200") Message-ID: <87y8bp8fiz.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1148 Lines: 23 * Petr Baudis: >> Almost certainly, v3 will be incompatible with v2 because it adds >> further restrictions. This means that your proposal would result in >> software which is not redistributable by third parties. > > Hmm, what would be actually the point in introducing further > restrictions? Anyone who then wants to get around them will just > distribute the software with the "any later version" provision under > GPLv2, and GPLv3 will have no impact expect for new software with "v3 or > any later version" provision. What am I missing? Software continues to evolve. The copyright owners can relicense the code base under v3, and use v3 for all subsequent changes to the software. The trouble with relicensing is that you have to contact all copyright holders (or remove their code). This tends to be impossible in long-running projects without contractual agreements between the developers. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/