Future versions don't have to remain compatible

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by drewk

8/15/05 3:52:31 PM

Future versions don't have to remain compatible

... the GPL is rather optimistically written with the assumption that future versions will remain compatible.

No it's not. If you assume every future version will remain compatible with the current version, you have no reason to specify "or any later version". If, on the other hand, you assume that future versions will be incompatible, then you can offer in your license terms the option to release under any future version of the GPL. And anyone redistributing it can choose which of those -- v2 or any later version -- to attach.

Hell, if you wanted to be perverse, you could take a "GPL v2 or any later" program, modify it, and attach a license specifying "GPL v7 only". Now that would effectively take your fork proprietary. Cool, huh?

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More good points - (imric) - (66) - Aug. 9, 2005, 08:47:45 AM EDT

Re: More good points - (ubernostrum) - (63) - Aug. 9, 2005, 09:24:25 AM EDT

Technical mistake - (ben_tilly) - (61) - Aug. 9, 2005, 11:45:07 AM EDT

I'm not so sure - (ubernostrum) - (60) - Aug. 9, 2005, 11:06:11 PM EDT

Nope. Talk to a lawyer. - (ben_tilly) - (59) - Aug. 9, 2005, 11:40:55 PM EDT

That's the thing - (ubernostrum) - (58) - Aug. 10, 2005, 12:06:11 PM EDT

You've missed the point, let me simplify - (ben_tilly) - (57) - Aug. 10, 2005, 12:14:55 PM EDT

How do modifications/contributions work, then? - (ubernostrum) - (56) - Aug. 10, 2005, 02:42:18 PM EDT

Any lawyer will tell you that that is a non-issue - (ben_tilly) - (55) - Aug. 10, 2005, 04:15:31 PM EDT

Doesn't change anything - (ubernostrum) - (54) - Aug. 11, 2005, 01:07:49 AM EDT

I suggest that you talk to a lawyer if you're concerned - (ben_tilly) - (53) - Aug. 11, 2005, 03:02:43 AM EDT

OK, bad wording. - (ubernostrum) - (52) - Aug. 11, 2005, 07:53:53 AM EDT

Again, you're not a lawyer. Don't try to play one. - (ben_tilly) - (51) - Aug. 11, 2005, 04:40:50 PM EDT

A question - (ubernostrum) - (50) - Aug. 11, 2005, 11:22:21 PM EDT

Answer - (ben_tilly) - (49) - Aug. 11, 2005, 11:50:54 PM EDT

But it does - (ubernostrum) - (48) - Aug. 12, 2005, 01:26:20 AM EDT

I granted one point, not the other - (ben_tilly) - (47) - Aug. 12, 2005, 02:49:19 AM EDT

Let's try it again, then - (ubernostrum) - (44) - Aug. 12, 2005, 08:44:26 AM EDT

Ahh, now I get you - (drewk) - (4) - Aug. 12, 2005, 10:01:35 AM EDT

Not quite - (ubernostrum) - (3) - Aug. 12, 2005, 11:02:24 AM EDT

I'm trying to figure out why you don't "get" this - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Aug. 12, 2005, 11:24:24 AM EDT

Modifications are only made under the terms of one license - (ubernostrum) - (1) - Aug. 12, 2005, 03:06:19 PM EDT

Where does the GPL v2 say that? - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 12, 2005, 04:56:02 PM EDT

Step 4 is wrong. - (ben_tilly) - (38) - Aug. 12, 2005, 11:12:17 AM EDT

Re: Step 4 is wrong. - (ubernostrum) - (37) - Aug. 12, 2005, 05:02:28 PM EDT

Re: Step 4 is wrong. - (altmann) - (11) - Aug. 12, 2005, 05:27:11 PM EDT

Half-right - (ben_tilly) - (10) - Aug. 12, 2005, 05:34:54 PM EDT

Not so sure. - (altmann) - (9) - Aug. 12, 2005, 06:22:43 PM EDT

Hrm... - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Aug. 12, 2005, 06:55:15 PM EDT

You can mix it, but wouldn't it all become v2 only? - (drewk) - (3) - Aug. 15, 2005, 03:56:42 PM EDT

Yabut.. - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Aug. 15, 2005, 04:27:16 PM EDT

Depends on which came first - (drewk) - (1) - Aug. 15, 2005, 05:42:03 PM EDT

Read atcroft's question again - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 15, 2005, 05:48:36 PM EDT

Well, my instincts don't seem bad... - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Aug. 15, 2005, 12:29:22 PM EDT

Wait a minute. - (ubernostrum) - (2) - Aug. 16, 2005, 11:36:32 PM EDT

Not quite. - (altmann) - (1) - Aug. 17, 2005, 12:11:52 AM EDT

You got it -NT - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 17, 2005, 12:36:15 AM EDT

Step 7 in your logic is wrong - (ben_tilly) - (24) - Aug. 12, 2005, 05:30:24 PM EDT

Re: Step 7 in your logic is wrong - (ubernostrum) - (23) - Aug. 12, 2005, 07:50:19 PM EDT

You are not doing that though! - (ben_tilly) - (22) - Aug. 12, 2005, 09:54:15 PM EDT

Re: You are not doing that though! - (ubernostrum) - (21) - Aug. 13, 2005, 12:43:53 AM EDT

BUT YOU'RE NOT IMPOSING!!! - (ben_tilly) - (19) - Aug. 13, 2005, 01:21:33 AM EDT

BUT FREEDOM MUST BE FREE! - (ubernostrum) - (18) - Aug. 13, 2005, 01:52:06 AM EDT

Are you actively trying to be stupid? - (ben_tilly) - (17) - Aug. 13, 2005, 02:23:48 AM EDT

This is entertaining; but weirdly hypothetical, isn't it? - (Another Scott) - (1) - Aug. 13, 2005, 10:16:58 AM EDT

Here's some clarifications on your take. - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 13, 2005, 01:31:02 PM EDT

Your mother was a hamster - (ubernostrum) - (8) - Aug. 13, 2005, 06:53:02 PM EDT

Interesting - (ben_tilly) - (7) - Aug. 13, 2005, 11:53:46 PM EDT

Ben, you ignorant slut - (ubernostrum) - (6) - Aug. 14, 2005, 01:32:24 AM EDT

Your intended point was not what you accomplished - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Aug. 14, 2005, 11:33:09 PM EDT

Riddle me this - (ubernostrum) - (4) - Aug. 15, 2005, 12:18:10 AM EDT

The riddle is trivial - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Aug. 15, 2005, 01:29:00 AM EDT

Ah, Ben, you didn't meditate. - (ubernostrum) - (2) - Aug. 15, 2005, 04:05:40 AM EDT

I don't know of anywhere that this has been asked - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 15, 2005, 12:47:40 PM EDT

Future versions don't have to remain compatible - (drewk) - Aug. 15, 2005, 03:52:31 PM EDT

And your father smelt of elderberries - (ubernostrum) - (3) - Aug. 13, 2005, 07:04:13 PM EDT

And you have the brains of a chihuahua - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Aug. 14, 2005, 12:08:36 AM EDT

See, here's the thing - (ubernostrum) - (1) - Aug. 14, 2005, 01:37:51 AM EDT

That is a misunderstanding I hadn't quite anticipated - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 15, 2005, 01:41:06 AM EDT

Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time - (ubernostrum) - (1) - Aug. 13, 2005, 07:12:57 PM EDT

What do the other definitions say? - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 14, 2005, 12:20:07 AM EDT

What does this mean? - (drewk) - Aug. 15, 2005, 12:06:51 AM EDT

Re: I granted one point, not the other - (bepatient) - (1) - Aug. 12, 2005, 09:26:38 AM EDT

No, we really are arguing different points - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 12, 2005, 11:13:55 AM EDT

Well, the actual draft isn't available yet. - (imric) - Aug. 9, 2005, 12:19:51 PM EDT

I don't really have a dog in this fight - (hnick) - (1) - Aug. 9, 2005, 09:43:46 AM EDT

Actually they started as extremists -NT - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 9, 2005, 11:42:33 AM EDT

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