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On Saturday 29 January 2011 21:52:06 Jeremy Salwen wrote:

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> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Arnold Krille  wro=

te:

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> > Oh, changing the license without the permission from all

> > copyright-holders is

> > the same kind of crime and results in the same penalties. Regardless

> > whether

> > you switch from "gpl2 or any later" to "gpl3 only" or from "gpl2 or

> > later" to

> > "gpl3 or later" or even from "gpl2 or later" to "gpl2"...

> Actually, I'm pretty sure that the exact opposite is true.  When you

> distribute "under the terms of the GPL2 or later", that means I can accept

> your program under the terms of the GPL3.  The terms of the GPL3 say that=

 I

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> can modify it and redistribute it under the GPL3.  Similarly for the GPL2.

> Notice the language says "*or* later", not "*and* later".  I get to choose

> which license I agree to.  Otherwise, it would be pointless to even offer

> it under the "GPL 2 or later" because I would *have* to distribute it

> under the GPL3, which places further restrictions on top of the GPL2,

> meaning that it would effectively be under the GPL3 no matter what.

You are right. Redistributing code from "gpl2 or any later" can happen unde=

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gpl3 or any later. Now what about redistributing it under "gpl3 only"?
Anyway that is the reason I delete the "or any later" term in my copyright=

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notices. Apart from the fact that one can never know whether gpl4 will give=

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all the rights exclusively to microsoft or google or the nsa...
Have fun,
Arnold
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