Re: [gentoo-dev] GPL-2 vs GPL-2+

[Harald van Dijk]

On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 12:10:44AM +0100, Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò wrote:
> On Friday 22 December 2006 23:43, Alec Warner wrote:
> > Say I approve only GPL-3 packages (cause' I hate patents, and I dislike
> > having a working system too!).  This would encompass anything strictly
> > GPL-3 and also anything GPL-2+ (which would then be under 3 at my option
> > in this case).
> Not really, as GPL-2 does not disallow DRM (_if_ GPL-3 will disallow them), so
> if there's a software licensed under GPL-2+ that uses DRM, it couldn't be
> used under GPL-3 terms even at your option.

I believe you're misunderstanding the DRM issue. There is nothing in the
GPL-3 draft that forbids DRM, except insofar as the DRM prevents the user
from exercising his/her GPL-granted rights, and it is not likely that
the final GPL-3 will forbid it. In plain English, as long as you're able
to modify, compile, and run the code, it's fine as far as the GPL is
concerned. And Gentoo being a source-based distro, you can already know
you're able to do all that.

It's also possible that I'm misunderstanding your message, of course. If
I am, would you please clarify?
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