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Planning for decadesPlanning for decadesPosted Mar 30, 2012 6:59 UTC (Fri) by xtifr (subscriber, #143)In reply to: Planning for decades by sfeam Parent article: A turning point for GNU libc
Once again, you're completely ignoring what I actually said in order to argue with some straw man. If there's some change in the GPLv3 you don't like, then say "GPLv2 or any later version which has [the GPLv2 version of that feature]". That doesn't make you more any more compatible with v3, but allows you compatibility if the FSF rethink their position and add the feature as an option in v4. (And even puts some pressure on them to do so, if your program is widespread and popular enough.)
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Planning for decades Posted Mar 30, 2012 9:03 UTC (Fri) by paulj (subscriber, #341) [Link]
A likely problem with "GPLv2 or any later version which has [feature list]" is that then the "[feature list]" itself turns into a licence, with attendant complexity of text etc..
A simpler solution perhaps, if you don't fully trust the FSF, would be to add additional authorities as to which later versions are blessed? E.g.: "GPLv2 or any later version approved by [authority]", where authority could be, say, Linus Torvalds, or some cabal. ??
Planning for decades Posted Mar 31, 2012 3:05 UTC (Sat) by xtifr (subscriber, #143) [Link]
yes, that could definitely work too.
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