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FSFE wants to better protect free software licenses from bankruptcyFSFE wants to better protect free software licenses from bankruptcyPosted Jul 30, 2012 19:33 UTC (Mon) by butlerm (subscriber, #13312)In reply to: FSFE wants to better protect free software licenses from bankruptcy by dlang Parent article: FSFE wants to better protect free software licenses from bankruptcy
> The problem is who gets to decide.
If you don't trust the FSF, and aren't willing to let your code be used in projects that use other FSF licenses, don't use the "any later version" clause. If you require copyright assignment, or are the only copyright holder, or require contributors to license contributions under a license that allows the project to relicense, you can wait and see what the new versions are like.
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FSFE wants to better protect free software licenses from bankruptcy Posted Jul 30, 2012 20:57 UTC (Mon) by mjw (subscriber, #16740) [Link]
In GPL version 3, for free software projects that want to allow users to be able to upgrade to later versions of the GPL, there is a new option which provides an alternative to just specifying "or any later version" in clause 14:
If the Program specifies that a proxy can decide which future
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