Re: upgrading GCC 4.1 branch

On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 11:11:52AM -0500, der Mouse wrote:
> >> What problem do we have with GPLv3?
> > The tivo clause in GPLv3 is downright hostile for
a number of areas
> > NetBSD is used in.  Other parts are questionable.
> 
> The day NetBSD accepts GPLv3 into the tree is the day I
stop tracking
> it.  And I'm sure I'm not alone in that.

What about the 'or any later version' stipulation?  Who's
option is
it to choose which version?

	Jonathan Kollasch

>> The day NetBSD accepts GPLv3 into the tree is the
day I stop
>> tracking it.  And I'm sure I'm not alone in that.
> What about the 'or any later version' stipulation? 
Who's option is
> it to choose which version?

In the cases I recall, the wording is something like
"...version 2, or,
at your option, any later version".  As I read it, this
means that I
can redistribute it under v2 in perpetuity if I feel like
it.

If we have any examples that are less clear, I'd have to
look at the
exact wording used in order to form an opinion.

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