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From: "Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò" <flameeyes@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GPL-2 vs GPL-2+
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:16:07
Message-Id: 200612230011.07659@enterprise.flameeyes.is-a-geek.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] GPL-2 vs GPL-2+ by Alec Warner
1 On Friday 22 December 2006 23:43, Alec Warner wrote:
2 > Say I approve only GPL-3 packages (cause' I hate patents, and I dislike
3 > having a working system too!).  This would encompass anything strictly
4 > GPL-3 and also anything GPL-2+ (which would then be under 3 at my option
5 > in this case).
6 Not really, as GPL-2 does not disallow DRM (_if_ GPL-3 will disallow them), so
7 if there's a software licensed under GPL-2+ that uses DRM, it couldn't be
8 used under GPL-3 terms even at your option.
9
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Re: [gentoo-dev] GPL-2 vs GPL-2+ "Harald van Dijk" <truedfx@g.o>