Subject: Re: upgrading GCC 4.1 branch
To: None <tech-toolchain@NetBSD.org, current-users@NetBSD.org>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
List: current-users
Date: 02/08/2008 12:31:00
>> 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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