Re: [glob2-devel] Switch to GPL v3

[Stéphane Magnenat]

On Saturday 07 July 2007 04:01:17 Bradley Arsenault wrote:
> I just read the GPL FAQ in its entirety and talked with some GPL gurus.
> Technically, the consent to re-liscense was already given through the
> "either version 2 of the License, or
>   (at your option) any later version." clause in the pre-amble of every
> file.  As for the translation files, they don't have a pre-amble, so they
> are assumed to have the same liscense as the rest of the project. Since
> every file with a pre-amble says that all changes can be reliscended, under
> clause 9 of the gpl 2 (which although optional, we have used), we can
> re-liscense the translation files. Same goes for the graphics.

I think you are missing the point of the whole discussion there. This clause, 
about upgradability, is itself illegal in most world's jurisdictions 
according to Cyrille.

Steph

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