Scripsit Jakob Bohm > On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 02:29:12PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote:
> > Hm, this analysis suggests that we should reject a license reading > > 1. You may modify this software and give away patches or modified > > source, if you make your modifications available under This > > License. > > 2. You may give away binaries built from modified (or unmodified) > > source under any license you chose. > Isn't that the BSD license? No; the BSD license allows me to distribute modified source under a different license (say, the GPL) if I feel like it. > LGPL permits this too (with a small limitation). LGPL also offers me the opportunity to change to GPL for changes I make to the software. > The GPL "or any later version" phrase allows the FSF to do this > by adding unpleasant clauses to GPLv3. But I dont *have* to use the "or any later version" if I make modifications to a GPL'ed program. I am free to say that my hacked version is available under GPL v2 and v2 only. -- Henning Makholm "I've been staying out of family conversations. Do I get credit for that?"