On Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 05:32:48PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Daniel Webb writes: > > I'm wary of that, because I don't really trust that 50 years from now the > > GPL is still going to reflect my values. > > So what? You can distribute your code under any license at any time no > matter what license you have used in the past.
It's a question of control. Suppose Stallman dies and someone takes over the FSF who thinks the GPL should be more like BSD. If I used the "version 2 or later" clause in the past, I just lost control of my code. Sure, I can license under a different license from then on, but that's a moot point if people can get it under a BSD license, isn't it? If I license using "version 2 only", I can relicense too, but *I* get to make that decision, not the board of the FSF. The more I think about it, the more that makes sense to me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
