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On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 09:07 +0000, anon wrote:

> And as for GPL 2 software adopting GPL 3.  Once the GPL version 3 is 
> finalize,  the GPL version 2 is no longer legal.

NO! Please. I guess you are referring to Section 9.

>  If you read GPL 2 
> there is a paragraph that states you must adopt the updated version 

Nowhere is there a "you must adopt a later license"!

(And besides, only when a whole legal system is overthrown
is there a chance that the basics of what is legal or not
might change.)