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Re: [cc-licenses] Compatibility: please do not use an external list, insert explicit conversion clauses instead

From: Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab AT web.de>
To: 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, 11 May 2013 03:36:57 +0200

Am Dienstag, 19. Februar 2013, 17:18:11 schrieb drew Roberts:
> Does someone
> licensing their work under BY-SA4.0 know what the terms of GPLv6 will look
> like?

The GPLv3 has a definition how a later version must look like:

Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but
may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns.

If they removed this clause from a future license, then that license would
very likely no longer be similar in spirit (because requiring new versions to
be similar in spirit is a central part of its spirit), so they would not be a
later version of GPLv3 - regardless of their name. They could call it GPLv4
as often as they like: If it does not adhere to the requirement for a later
version (similar in spirit), then it would not be a later version of GPLv3.

Best wishes,
Arne
--
Unpolitisch sein
heißt politisch sein,
ohne es zu merken.
- Arne (http://draketo.de)

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Re: [cc-licenses] Compatibility: please do not use an external list, insert explicit conversion clauses instead, Arne Babenhauserheide, 05/10/2013