On Sep 25, 2007, at 4:43 PM, William Stein wrote:
>> Okay, so what if MS makes the FSF people an offer they can't refuse, >> "buys them out", releases a new GPL v4 which says "you can do >> anything you want with this code". I've agreed to be bound by any >> subsequent license version right? So now anyone can do anything with >> my code. > > I once thought the above scenario is possible, but now I don't > after re-reading the GPL. The > GPL license itself specifically says that "Such new versions will > be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in > detail to > address new problems or concerns." A license that so drastically > changed from GPLv3 -- i.e., "do anything you want with this code", > would quite clearly not be similar in spirit to the GPLv3, and I > suspect > it wouldn't hold up in court on those grounds. Well, as long as "is similar in spirit" is interpreted by a court in the way we all would hope, then that's all good. I hope we can leave all this licensing stuff behind soon and get on with writing great code. david --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
