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  • From: Francesco Poli <invernomuto AT paranoici.org>
  • To: Development of Creative Commons licenses <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Compatibility: please do not use an external list, insert explicit conversion clauses instead
  • Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:19:58 +0200

On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:18:31 +0100 Rob Myers wrote:

> On 01/04/13 16:07, Francesco Poli wrote:
> >
> > Anyway, if we want to be really safe, the conversion clause may be
> > limited to GPL v2 and to GPL v3, thus allowing redistribution under the
> > terms of the GNU GPL version 2 or version 3.
>
> GPLv3+ would be best. v2 is deprecated at this point,

I respectfully disagree: I am convinced that GPLv2 is better than GPLv3
in many respects, and anyway obtaining GPLv3-compatibility without
GPLv2-compatibility would only be a half-victory (I think
GPLv2-compatibility is still important nowadays).

Hence, I reiterate: my original recommendation was an explicit one-way
conversion clause to GPLv2-or-later, but, if there are concerns about
future versions of the GNU GPL (such as the ones raised by drew
Roberts), I recommend a conversion clause to GPLv2-or-v3.

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