29 Jan
2011
29 Jan
'11
10:46 p.m.
On Saturday 29 January 2011 21:52:06 Jeremy Salwen wrote:
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Arnold Krille
<arnold(a)arnoldarts.de> wrote:
You are right. Redistributing code from "gpl2 or any later" can happen under
gpl3 or any later. Now what about redistributing it under "gpl3 only"?
Anyway that is the reason I delete the "or any later" term in my copyright
notices. Apart from the fact that one can never know whether gpl4 will give
all the rights exclusively to microsoft or google or the nsa...
Have fun,
Arnold
Oh, changing the license without the permission
from all
copyright-holders is
the same kind of crime and results in the same penalties. Regardless
whether
you switch from "gpl2 or any later" to "gpl3 only" or from "gpl2
or
later" to
"gpl3 or later" or even from "gpl2 or later" to "gpl2"...
Actually, I'm pretty sure that the exact opposite is true. When you
distribute "under the terms of the GPL2 or later", that means I can accept
your program under the terms of the GPL3. The terms of the GPL3 say that I
can modify it and redistribute it under the GPL3. Similarly for the GPL2.
Notice the language says "*or* later", not "*and* later". I get to
choose
which license I agree to. Otherwise, it would be pointless to even offer
it under the "GPL 2 or later" because I would *have* to distribute it
under the GPL3, which places further restrictions on top of the GPL2,
meaning that it would effectively be under the GPL3 no matter what.