Re: [Savannah-hackers] Re: Project Approved

[Sylvain Beucler]

We already have a policy not to accept code released under the GNU GPL
version 2 only. Here is what we usually say in such case:

"Licensing under the "GNU GPL v2 only" is problematic.  Would you agree
to license your project under the "GNU GPL v2 or later"?

The reason for this is that when we publish GPL v3, it will be important
for all GPL-covered programs to advance to GPL v3.  If you don't put
this in the files now, the only way to port your program to GPL v3
would be to ask each and every copyright holder, and that may be very
difficult."

Also check: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#VersionTwoOrLater


In the same spirit, it would be better to use "Affero GPL v1 or
later".


There was an error from our part not checking that you used the
appropriate license notice for the Affero GPL.

This is not really a big concern, because the AGPL states:

"You may also choose to redistribute modified versions of this program
under any version of the Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public
License version 3 or higher, so long as that version of the GNU GPL
includes terms and conditions substantially equivalent to those of
this license."

This essentially fixes our concern about "GPL v2 and later
compatibility"; however, I think it would be better to release your
project under "AGPL v1 and later", in case a new AGPL version is
released before the GPL v3.

-- 
Sylvain

On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 02:38:42PM +0200, Davi Leal wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As all our files are licensed "under the terms of the Affero General Public 
> License version 1 as published by Affero Inc.", removing the "or later", I 
> would like to know if the reported license should be:
>   License : Affero General Public License V1
> instead of:
>   License : Affero General Public License V1 or later
> 
> Should be this a new savannah's feature request?.
> 
> I would thank any URL which point to the benefit of the "or later" string.
> 
> Thanks,
> Davi
> 
> 
> address@hidden wrote:
> > Your project registration for Savannah has been approved.
> > Project Full Name:   GNU Herds management application
> > Project System Name: gnuherds-app
> > Project page:        /projects/gnuherds-app
> >
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