Hi
On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 03:18:02PM -0600, Jeff Pohlmeyer wrote:
On Jan 5, 2008 1:59 PM, John Gabriele jmg3000@gmail.com wrote:
Regarding the "or later" clause, the GPL faq has this to say about it: ... And regarding plug-ins: ...
Thanks for the links - that is some interesting reading, but it seems like the more I read about the GPL, the less I understand it :-)
The "VersionThreeOrLater" link seems to explain why the clause is an advantage to end users, but I fail to see how that provides any protection to developers who might not agree with the terms in a future version of the license.
I belive something said here: http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#v2OrLaterPatentLicense
If you don't have to give up you patents, you don't have to pay 100000$ to any user either, even if such statement will appear in gpl >3.
Best regards, Yura Siamashka