Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > I found a strange permission notice in a program, referring to the GPL, > and I'm not sure about its meaning. > > The program claims to be licensed as follows: > > | > | License: > | Most recent version of the GPL. > | > > I've never seen anything like this. I saw "GPL v2 or later", "GPL > v2 only", "GPL" (which automatically means "any version"[1]), even > "GPL v1 or later", but I've never seen "GPL latest version"...
All of those need to be qualified by *whose* GPL; that's why the recommendation for licensing a work under the GPL is "[...] GNU General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation [...]". Otherwise, it would be difficult post hoc to declaim the "EvilCorp General Public License version 2" as a permitted license. -- \ "You know I could rent you out as a decoy for duck hunters?" | `\ -- Groucho Marx | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
