[Please Cc: to me because I am not subscribed to the list.] On Sat, 08 Jun 2002 18:36:26 -0500 (CDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I took over the upstream of xsoldier (I am not the original author, > >so I don't have the copyright). It was under GPL version 2 > >or later. Can I put it under GPL exactly version 2, that is, > >forbid any later version? GPL says: > [...] > >Is forbidding later versions of GPL "further restrictions"? > > I don't think so; that clause is part of the GPL v2, not the GPLv2 or > later. > > But why would you want to do this? There will be future incompatibilty > with GPLv3 code and there's no reason to believe that the FSF will not > make a GPLv3 that's substantially the same as v2. Also, to me, relicensing > free code without the author's agreement is rude. The reason is always the same: trust no one. However, if forbidding later version of GPL causes a problem, I'm happy with the "version 2 or later" license. Getting works done is more important than my paranoia.
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