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Jesper Juhl wrote: >> One thing that would make that easier in the future is if contributers >> at least started to dual-license their submissions. I.e. if instead >> of "GPL version 2", one could say "GPL version 2 or GPL version 3". >> It isn't the same thing as the problematic "GPL version 2 or later", >> because the developer is not agreeing to an unseen license (GPLv4, >> etc). What it does do is make it easier to move to GPLv3 a few years >> from now, if that is decided then, as a significant fraction of the >> code will already be GPLv3 compatible. That way, if a reason is ever >> found to move to v3, at least some of the work will already be done. >> > Good luck convincing all contributors to do that. Well, it's something that pro-GPLv3 people can do right now, instead of just lobbying/complaining. Given 1000 developers, if 400 start dual licensing now, and down the road some compelling reason for GPLv3 does arise (read: a lawsuit with teeth), that's 600 people you need to contact/convince to change, not 1000. This is made more interesting by that fact that 40% of the kernel code is already "GPLv2 or later", as someone else pointed out. > Personally I'm happy with GPL v2, and I for one won't be > dual-licensing anything I contribute until I see a clear benefit of > doing so (and I don't yet). Well, all my personal (non-kernel) stuff is still GPLv2 only right now (Linus' opinion is what convinced me that "or later" is dumb), and like many I disliked the original GPLv3 draft. I'm willing to wait until the final one is out though, and I think my libraries will end up being dual-licensed, with contributions required to be dual-licensed. I want to avoid v3 lock-in, but I don't want to cripple v3 projects either. > In any case, this whole debate is still a bit premature since GPL v3 > has not even arrived in its final form yet. Agreed. - Jim Bruce - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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