Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux (follow-up to Anders Melchiorsen)

Anders Melchiorsen (postmaster@and.nospam.kampsax.k-net.dk)
20 Dec 1998 17:11:05 +0100


Trever Adams <highlander@teleteam.net> writes:

> Anders said:
> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> (at your option) any later version.
>
>
> If so, one would "just" have to convince FSF to change the license and
> produce a version 3 of it and all GPL'ed programs would follow. I think.
>
> ***
>
> Nice try. If it says that paragraph, then I can still use it under the
> GPL version 2, which would give me full rights.

But if a GPL version 3 was made, and that version satisfied IBM, then
IBM would be free to use the version 3 license.

Sure, *you* could still use version 2 and share all your stuff but IBM
would not have to.

-- 
Regards, Anders
(address is valid)

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