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[Jan Hudec]

On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 00:01:16 +0100, Erik Bågfors wrote:
> > > 1) The "This software is under GPL v2 or later" means that I as a user
> > > can choose to use it at GPL v3 whenever I feel like it
> >
> > I believe (IANAL) that 'I as a user can choose to use it at GPL v3 whenever
> > I feel like it' implies 'I can give it to you as GPL v3-or-later, even though
> > I got it as GPL v2-or-later' -- and of course you won't be able to go back.
> 
> Not sure about that....
> 
> > > 2) canonical cannot change the licence in any way unless I as a
> > > copyright owner gives them my permission..
> >
> > ... I believe the very phrase 'or, at your option, any later version' is such
> > permission, though for a very limited change.
> 
> No, you misunderstand what I'm saying. They can't change the license
> in any way. It's currently under GPLv2+, and if they would like to
> change it to LGPL or BSD or ..... they can't.

No, they can't - and I don't want to allow them that. But I think the GPLv2+
allows changing to GPLv3+ - that's it's purpose AFAICT.

> Personally, I don't really care much about this, just want to know if
> I can say "Copyright Erik Bågfors" on stuff I create for bzr or if I
> should say "Copyright canonical"...
> 
> /Erik
> 
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						 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb at ucw.cz>
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