Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders

[Diego Calleja <diegocg@gmail.com>]

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"
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