From: Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPLv3 Position Statement
Date: 29 Sep 2006 12:08:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871wpvnfxl.fsf@willow.rfc1149.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 17692.53185.564741.502063@samba.org
>>>>> "Tridge" == tridge <tridge@samba.org> writes:
Tridge> I'm also a strong proponent of "authors rights", and I would
Tridge> consider it very nasty if someone took one of my projects and
Tridge> decided to fork it to be GPLv2 only, deliberately going
Tridge> against my intention. They might have a legal right to do so
Tridge> but it would clearly be against my wishes. I'm not even 100%
Tridge> certain it would be legal.
Tridge> The "any later version" words I have put on all my projects
Tridge> are there quite deliberately.
Tridge: *you* also chose deliberately to use the GPL which explicitely
allows other people to do so. You could have written "the latest
version of the GPL as released by the FSF" or used a licence similar
to the GPLv2 with the permission to restrain the licence removed.
Moreover, anyone can add a patch released under the GPLv2 only (this
is their right, morally and technically) to a copy of your software;
after that, they have no choice but to redistribute the whole as GPLv2
only (I insist on "the whole", of course they might keep the "or later"
on your individual files).
Sam
--
Samuel Tardieu -- sam@rfc1149.net -- http://www.rfc1149.net/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-29 10:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 186+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-29 3:01 GPLv3 Position Statement James Bottomley
2006-09-29 4:40 ` Neil Brown
2006-09-29 6:56 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-29 7:48 ` tridge
2006-09-29 9:37 ` David Schwartz
2006-09-29 10:08 ` Samuel Tardieu [this message]
2006-09-29 12:59 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-29 14:36 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-30 15:32 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2006-09-30 16:59 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-30 22:16 ` tridge
2006-09-29 11:59 ` Sanjoy Mahajan
2006-09-29 14:54 ` Horst H. von Brand
2006-09-29 21:46 ` tridge
[not found] ` <20060929180323.d2c0d2ee.seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
2006-09-29 22:03 ` Sean
2006-09-29 22:20 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-29 5:51 ` tridge
2006-09-29 7:31 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-29 12:08 ` Sanjoy Mahajan
2006-09-29 20:50 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-29 7:31 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-29 8:09 ` tridge
2006-09-29 20:28 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-29 8:53 ` tridge
2006-09-29 9:37 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-29 9:52 ` tridge
2006-09-30 0:56 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-29 19:50 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-30 7:05 ` tridge
2006-09-30 15:06 ` James Bottomley
2006-10-01 6:28 ` tridge
2006-10-01 15:45 ` James Bottomley
2006-10-01 16:48 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-09-30 21:11 ` David Lang
2006-09-30 22:29 ` Michiel de Boer
2006-10-01 6:52 ` tridge
2006-09-29 7:32 ` David Woodhouse
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-09-27 9:43 Nicolas Mailhot
2006-09-27 17:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-27 20:34 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2006-09-27 20:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-27 21:01 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2006-09-27 23:01 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-27 23:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-27 23:07 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-09-28 7:36 ` Andi Kleen
2006-09-25 10:02 tridge
2006-09-22 16:15 James Bottomley
2006-09-22 16:16 ` James Bottomley
[not found] ` <200609221359.39519.gene.heskett@verizon.net>
2006-09-22 18:08 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-22 18:30 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-22 18:34 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-22 18:52 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-22 19:05 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-22 18:54 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-25 6:33 ` Marc Perkel
2006-09-22 20:42 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-23 11:38 ` Florian Weimer
2006-09-25 8:53 ` Michiel de Boer
2006-09-25 9:06 ` Russell King
2006-09-25 10:51 ` Neil Brown
2006-09-25 11:31 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-25 16:10 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-09-29 10:15 ` Helge Hafting
2006-09-29 11:07 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-29 14:02 ` Stephen Clark
2006-09-29 16:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 17:47 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-29 17:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 18:17 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 18:26 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-29 18:27 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 18:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 19:59 ` alan
2006-09-29 20:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 20:21 ` alan
2006-09-29 20:32 ` alan
2006-09-29 23:12 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-29 23:25 ` Randy Dunlap
2006-09-29 23:53 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-30 0:31 ` Vadim Lobanov
2006-09-30 3:36 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-30 4:37 ` Vadim Lobanov
2006-09-30 4:54 ` Randy Dunlap
2006-09-30 6:10 ` Vadim Lobanov
2006-09-29 21:11 ` Chris Smith
2006-09-29 21:33 ` alan
2006-09-29 20:51 ` alan
2006-09-29 21:25 ` Theodore Tso
2006-09-29 21:29 ` Alan Cox
2006-10-02 8:46 ` Helge Hafting
2006-09-29 19:43 ` jdow
2006-09-30 18:38 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-09-30 20:49 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-30 20:38 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-09-25 14:27 ` Lee Revell
2006-09-25 19:05 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-25 20:58 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-25 22:10 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-09-26 21:32 ` Oleg Verych
2006-09-25 19:46 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-25 21:10 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-25 11:11 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-25 14:12 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-25 16:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-25 17:26 ` James Bottomley
2006-09-25 15:30 ` Xavier Bestel
2006-09-27 1:11 ` Sergey Panov
2006-09-27 5:55 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-27 7:36 ` Sergey Panov
2006-09-27 8:58 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-27 12:19 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-27 17:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-27 18:37 ` Chase Venters
2006-09-27 19:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 12:42 ` Pavel Machek
2006-09-27 22:58 ` Theodore Tso
2006-09-27 23:16 ` Chase Venters
2006-09-28 0:03 ` Neil Brown
2006-09-28 0:08 ` David Miller
2006-09-28 0:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 0:54 ` Patrick McFarland
2006-09-28 3:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 3:47 ` Sergey Panov
2006-09-28 4:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 5:05 ` Sergey Panov
2006-09-28 4:39 ` Chase Venters
2006-09-28 5:13 ` Trond Myklebust
2006-09-28 5:15 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-28 5:27 ` Sergey Panov
2006-09-28 5:34 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-28 7:30 ` Al Viro
2006-09-28 13:55 ` Lennart Sorensen
2006-09-28 14:19 ` DervishD
2006-09-28 14:40 ` Jörn Engel
2006-09-28 14:59 ` DervishD
2006-09-28 15:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 15:20 ` Jörn Engel
2006-09-28 15:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 15:46 ` Björn Steinbrink
2006-09-28 15:24 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 0:26 ` Neil Brown
2006-09-29 6:22 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 1:34 ` jdow
2006-09-29 6:08 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-29 7:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-29 7:18 ` David Schwartz
2006-09-29 2:29 ` David Schwartz
2006-09-29 2:45 ` Neil Brown
2006-09-29 3:05 ` Björn Steinbrink
2006-09-29 3:31 ` David Schwartz
2006-09-29 5:37 ` Björn Steinbrink
2006-09-29 7:18 ` David Schwartz
[not found] ` <20060928225008.ded4fa2c.seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
2006-09-29 2:50 ` Sean
2006-09-29 7:18 ` David Schwartz
2006-09-28 14:51 ` Simon Oosthoek
2006-09-28 15:07 ` DervishD
2006-09-28 15:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 18:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 17:16 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-09-28 18:59 ` Segher Boessenkool
2006-09-28 19:34 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-09-28 20:01 ` Oleg Verych
2006-09-28 23:12 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-29 8:04 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-28 1:35 ` Al Viro
2006-09-28 3:13 ` Sergey Panov
2006-09-28 3:36 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 1:53 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-28 9:41 ` Jörn Engel
2006-09-28 9:55 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-09-28 14:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 15:19 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-28 14:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 2:34 ` Gene Heskett
2006-09-28 8:04 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-28 13:50 ` Christer Weinigel
2006-09-28 20:43 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-27 18:01 ` Theodore Tso
2006-09-27 12:32 ` Theodore Tso
2006-09-27 21:05 ` David Schwartz
2006-09-29 12:47 ` Pavel Machek
2006-09-27 17:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-28 8:18 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-09-28 9:39 ` Samuel Tardieu
2006-09-27 16:08 ` Greg KH
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