From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,d0f6c37e3c1b712a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!news.cs.univ-paris8.fr!proxad.net!cleanfeed1-b.proxad.net!nnrp4-2.free.fr!not-for-mail Sender: sam@willow.rfc1149.net From: Samuel Tardieu Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Revocable or non-revocable licenses from AdaCore? (Re: AdaCore ... the Next SCO?) References: <1151405920.523542.137920@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com> <1151434144.2179.36.camel@localhost> <1151965334.709372.227600@a14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <3Ryqg.368$Rk2.140@trndny04> <1152882713.304794.267470@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <34r70ox8kc.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de> <1153167224.590828.32290@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> <1153175027.628030.98470@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <1153220326.967685.309610@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> Date: 18 Jul 2006 22:37:54 +0200 Message-ID: <87irlud4yl.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:6f8:37a:2::2 Organization: Guest of ProXad - France NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 Jul 2006 22:39:02 MEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.191.14.223 X-Trace: 1153255142 nnrp4-2.free.fr 17425 88.191.14.223:53403 X-Complaints-To: abuse@proxad.net Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:5787 Date: 2006-07-18T22:39:02+02:00 List-Id: Ludovic> Unfortunately, the GPL (GNAT-modified or not) is revokable Ludovic> and mutable (think "or any later version"), so it is possible Ludovic> that it not apply to all licensees. Jacob> GPL is _not_ revokable. The "or any later version" clause is Jacob> purely an option for the licensee, not something the copyright Jacob> holder can use. Exactly. Moreover, as a developper you are free to release your code under the GPLv2 without including the "or any later version". That is what I have been doing for most of the software I have released under the GPL. I like the FSF, but I haven't been able to look at its bylaws (did anyone ever have access to them?) so I don't know whether I can trust them concerning future versions of the GPL. Sam -- Samuel Tardieu -- sam@rfc1149.net -- http://www.rfc1149.net/