From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS33070 50.56.128.0/17 X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,RDNS_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Original-To: archivist@yhbt.net Delivered-To: archivist@dcvr.yhbt.net Received: from rubyforge.org (unknown [50.56.192.79]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B69461FD68 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:14:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rubyforge.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACF932E18E; Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:14:18 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org Delivered-To: mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org Received: from dcvr.yhbt.net (dcvr.yhbt.net [64.71.152.64]) by rubyforge.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D735E2E185 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:09:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (dcvr.yhbt.net [127.0.0.1]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 407F81F786; Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:09:53 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:09:52 +0000 From: Eric Wong To: unicorn list Subject: Re: [PATCH] license: allow all future versions of the GNU GPL Message-ID: <20131026100952.GA13096@dcvr.yhbt.net> References: <20131026075800.GA3676@dcvr.yhbt.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: mongrel-unicorn-bounces@rubyforge.org Errors-To: mongrel-unicorn-bounces@rubyforge.org Hongli Lai wrote: > On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Eric Wong wrote: > > There is currently no GPLv4, so this change has no effect at the > > moment. > > > > In case the GPLv4 arrives and I am not alive to approve/review it, > > the lesser of evils is have give blanket approval of all future GPL > > versions (as published by the FSF). The worse evil is to be stuck > > with a license which cannot guarantee the Free-ness of this project > > in the future. > > > > This unfortunately means the FSF can theoretically come out with > > license terms I do not agree with, but the GPLv2 and GPLv3 will > > always be an option to all users. > > Don't you need approval from all contributors, including Zed, to be > able to do something like this? I already got this a few years ago when I got permission for the GPLv3: - The unicorn project leader (Eric Wong) reserves the right to add future - versions of the GPL (and no other licenses) as published by the FSF to - the licensing terms. So I'm adding all future versions of the GPL. _______________________________________________ Unicorn mailing list - mongrel-unicorn@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-unicorn Do not quote signatures (like this one) or top post when replying