Mark Kent wrote:
> chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Oldtech wrote:
>>
>>>Why do you think that contractual agreements visa vi copyrighted
>>>material is any different? By the agreement already entered via
>>>contract between Microsoft and Novell, Microsoft agreed to abide by the
>>>terms of the GPL.
>>
>> GPL2, not 3.
>
> If you look at most GPLed projects, they do not specify the version,
> rather, they specify /whatever the latest version is/.
>
> Microsoft and Novell were both aware of this.
>
They are aware of the current state of GPLed projects. Which is still GPL2
or "GPL2 or later"
There is nothing automatic. Anyone can fork off a "GPL2 or later" version
for eternity if he wants to from the last state of a project which has that
license version
You should also be aware that the GPL3 is *not* compatible with "GPL2 only".
This means, that each project which now contains such code has to be
rewritten or it must stay GPL2.
You absolutely must check the licenses of all the code of any given project
which you want to relicense to GPL3. For that reason alone already you have
no automatic transition to GPL3
--
The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them
to choose from. -- Andrew S. Tanenbaum
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