On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:00:36AM +0100, Alexander Sack wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 04:40:48PM -0500, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 02:14:13PM +0100, Alexander Sack wrote:
> > > Only blocking issues are that there are some subtrees licensed GPL or
> > > LGPL without any version info given; while those need to be GPLv2 or
> > > later in order to have a chance to be compatible with Apache 2.0.
> > 
> > The GPL and LGPL when specified with no license version restriction
> > explicitly allow the recipient to use any version ever published by the FSF.
> > So this is not a problem.
> 
> curious ... is that written in the GPL itself?

Yes, it's in the (legally binding part of the) text of both the GPL and the
LGPL, in the sections regarding revised versions of those licenses.

- Jimmy Kaplowitz
ji...@debian.org



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