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Planning for decades

Planning for decades

Posted Mar 30, 2012 9:03 UTC (Fri) by paulj (subscriber, #341)
In reply to: Planning for decades by xtifr
Parent article: A turning point for GNU libc

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. ??


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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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