Better the FSF than the rest of the industry [LWN.net]

Better the FSF than the rest of the industry

Posted Mar 23, 2006 9:54 UTC (Thu) by gouyou (subscriber, #30290)
In reply to: Better the FSF than the rest of the industry by Max.Hyre
Parent article: No GPLv2-only projects on Savannah

Well, actually, that's exactly what I'm saying. I believe the FSF will work to keep my code Free in the way I intend.

The likelihood of the FSF betraying that trust is roughly that of the Reverend Mr. Falwell opening an abortion clinic.

Fine for believers, but if you think that the ASP loophole is a feature and not a bug, then you have a problem. It may happen that your interpretation of freedom will derive from the FSF interpretation of freedom in the future. (Might not be that much a problem as your code is still available under the GPL v2, but later mixing with GPL v3 contribution could land you in legal trouble.)

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Better the FSF than the rest of the industry

Posted Mar 23, 2006 9:59 UTC (Thu) by job (subscriber, #670) [Link]

That's why you say "OR later versions". The end user gets to choose whether he wants to use your code under whatever GPL version he prefers.

Of course, after the FSF has blessed GPLv3 they will want people to change that line to "v3 or later versions" but if you don't like how v3 turned out you can just abstain that change.