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Re: [RFA/GPLv3] Add COPYING3 to gdb
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: DJ Delorie <dj at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 22:39:04 -0400
- Subject: Re: [RFA/GPLv3] Add COPYING3 to gdb
- References: <ud4xwfj9e.fsf@gnu.org> <xnmyx0mhff.fsf@greed.delorie.com>
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 07:12:04PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> > Doesn't version 3 fit the "version 2 or later" clause?
>
> IANAL, but IMHO...
>
> The old license allows us to *distribute* under newer terms.
>
> It does not allow us to actually change the license.
>
> I think this means that if we distribute a GPL2+ program to someone
> under the terms of GPL3, the program itself is still under the terms
> of GPL2+.
I'm not sure if this is right or not, but it certainly makes me
uncomfortable to go flipping other people's license terms.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery