>>>>> Benjamin Smedberg writes:
Doug> It seems obvious to me that it would be easiest to just move today's
Doug> mainline over to GPLv3, and have every GCC release >= 4.3 be GPLv3. We
Doug> could then either cut off the GCC 4.2 branch entirely or leave it
Doug> GPLv2. Then there are no surprises for anyone.
>>
>> Leaving released branches as GPLv2 is not an option. That
>> definitely would be the path of least surprise.
Ben> Why is it not an option?
Because the FSF says it is not an option. The FSF holds the
copyright and decides on the licensing.
David
