From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964792AbWAZS5b (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:57:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964786AbWAZS5b (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:57:31 -0500 Received: from relay00.pair.com ([209.68.5.9]:28937 "HELO relay00.pair.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S964792AbWAZS53 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:57:29 -0500 X-pair-Authenticated: 67.163.102.102 Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:57:27 -0600 (CST) From: Chase Venters X-X-Sender: root@turbotaz.ourhouse To: Diego Calleja cc: Paul Jakma , torvalds@osdl.org, chase.venters@clientec.com, linux-os@analogic.com, mrmacman_g4@mac.com, marc@perkel.com, jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com, pmclean@cs.ubishops.ca, shemminger@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders In-Reply-To: <20060126195323.d553a4b8.diegocg@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <43D114A8.4030900@wolfmountaingroup.com> <20060120111103.2ee5b531@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> <43D13B2A.6020504@cs.ubishops.ca> <43D7C780.6080000@perkel.com> <43D7B20D.7040203@wolfmountaingroup.com> <43D7B5C4.5040601@wolfmountaingroup.com> <43D7D05D.7030101@perkel.com> <20060126195323.d553a4b8.diegocg@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="8323328-857680755-1138301869=:17225" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-857680755-1138301869=:17225 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Diego Calleja wrote: > El Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:59:01 +0000 (GMT), > Paul Jakma escribió: > >> That's not what section 9 seems to say. The default is "any version >> you like". > > That's not exactly what it says. > > The real text is (emphasis mine): "_IF_ the Program does not specify > a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever > published by the Free Software Foundation." > > > Before that it says: "Each version is given a distinguishing version > number. If the Program specifies a version number of this License > which applies to it and "any later version", you have the option of > following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any > later version published by the Free Software Foundation" > > > IOW, such rules will aply if no version has been specified or > if has the "any later version" addon. Which is not the case: > I can read "GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 2, June 1991". > It's possible there may be something I'm not understanding. I do recognize that the license has a version number on it. But then again, so did GPLv1. And it also had the same section 9 clause. 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? Cheers, Chase --8323328-857680755-1138301869=:17225--