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GPLv3 & additional permissions/restrictionsGPLv3 & additional permissions/restrictionsPosted Sep 26, 2006 19:38 UTC (Tue) by drag (subscriber, #31333)In reply to: GPLv3 & additional permissions/restrictions by mingo Parent article: Some GPLv3 clarifications from the FSF
I think that how it is stated in GPLv3 is how GPLv2 works right now.
Say I modify a GPLv2 and add some permissions. Now that's not GPL proper anymore, but basicly it's the the same thing as saying GPLv2 + permissions.
Now that code is still GPL compatable and a person can strip away those permissions and use it in a "GPLv2" proper. The original author now can't turn around and use code from that GPLv2 proper program and add permissions without special agreement with the copyright holders.
So that is the way the GPLv2 works right now, is it not?
Isn't this part of the 'viral' nature of the GPL and the sort of thing people having to work with 'GPL compatable' licenses have to deal with on a regular basis?
To me it's no difference between GPLv2 and GPLv3 in this regard. I think that this GPL+permissions language was added to make the GPL to be more 'universal' and work the same way in more countries as it works in the U.S. or most places in Europe. Different countries may not interprete the GPL in the same way as their copyright laws maybe different or they use different conventions. But you'd have to ask the FSF people about that.
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