Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:33:36 +0100 | From | Diego Calleja <> | Subject | Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders |
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El Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:57:27 -0600 (CST), Chase Venters <chase.venters@clientec.com> escribió:
> So the question is - why would the GPL need a clause that says "You can > use any version of the GPL if the Program does not specify a version" when > every official version of the GPL includes a version number? Are they > expecting authors to strip the version number header in order to somehow > take advantage of section 9?
That's what I though. The only sane reason I can find is that many projects don't even include a copy of the GPL and just say "this is licensed under the GNU Public License" - 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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