On Sun, Feb 20, 2000 at 09:35:20PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 04:19:08AM +0200, Adi Stav wrote: > > There was a reason why the FSF recommended allowing users to apply > > future versions of the GPL, and this is exactly it. It's a safety > > valve for use in case when the world changes and the old version of > > the GPL is no longer as good. > > Based on what I've read, I'd think that GPLv3 would probably get rid of > the special exception which allows the use of GPLed code on proprietary > operating systems.
About time. It won't change the status of software older than GPLv3 though. > change in a fashion where modifications to a part of a program can't be > distributed under the GPL. > > Nor do I expect it's reasonable to expect the GPL to change in a fashion > which would allow Troll to re-release GPLed code under whatever license > they choose. > > You'll note that your suggestion would have to be equivalent to one of > these cases. I don't see how... I didn't suggest allowing GPL code or its modifications to be relicenses as any Free license, only that it can linked to it. > -- > Raul >
