On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 06:39:07AM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> Here's an idea that just occurred to me, after all the discussions
> about motivations, tit-for-tat, authors' wishes and all.
>
> If GPLv3 were to have a clause that permitted combination/linking with
> code under GPLv2, this wouldn't be enough for GPLv3 projects to use
> Linux code, and it wouldn't be enough for Linux code to use GPLv3
> projects. That's because GPLv2 would still demand all code to be
> licensed under GPLv2, and GPLv3 wouldn't permit this.
>
> However, if GPLv3 had a permission to combine/link with code under
> GPLv2, *and* Linux (and any other projects interested in mutual
> compatibility) introduced an additional permission to combine/link
> with code under GPLv3 (or even GPLv3+, constrained by some condition
> if you will), then:
>
> - the kernel Linux could use code from GPLv3 projects
... and inherit GPLv3 additional restrictions. No.
> - GPLv3 projects could use code from Linux
Oh, rapture! How could one object against such a glorious outcome?
> - each copyright holder would still get to enforce the terms s/he
> chose for his/her own code
... except for that pesky "no added restrictions" part, but hey, who
cares?
> If you were to permit compatibility with GPLv3+ (rather than GPLv3),
> would you constrain it? Would something like:
>
> as long as the later version grants each licensee the same
> permissions as GPLv2, except for constraining permissions that would
> enable one licensee to deny other licensees the exercise of the
> permissions granted by both licenses
... because it's For The Benefit Of User Freedoms!!!
No. Permission denied. And I don't know of any suckers who would buy that
and hadn't been already hooked by FSF peddlers already.
If somebody wants to dual-license their code, they can do it just fine.
If somebody wants to dual-license *others* code, they can go and play
with themselves until they reach RMS-level clarity of vision.
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