On 23 August 2010 18:03, Philipp <hollunder@lavabit.com> wrote:
Hi, I just looked up the GPL notation again. Here's the relevant excerpt from the wiki:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Packaging_Standards
.. The (L)GPL has many versions and permutations of those versions. For (L)GPL software, the convention is:
* (L)GPL - (L)GPLv2 or any later version * (L)GPL2 - (L)GPL2 only * (L)GPL3 - (L)GPL3 or any later version
Now besides that this is obviously confusing there's another problem. How would you specify that a program is GPL3 only?
I think what you're trying to say is that you should be allowed to use a license and strictly forbid later versions from having an influence. But I believe that's not how it works. The Linux kernel, IIRC, was made GPL2 only when GPL3 was released. -- GPG/PGP ID: B42DDCAD