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- From: mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum)
- Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,talk.philosophy.misc,misc.legal
- Subject: Re: Fund raising at the FSF
- Date: 9 Jan 1993 14:27:08 GMT
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- References: <1993Jan7.123025.19069@husc3.harvard.edu> <C0JrIH.BEK@ssr.com> <1993Jan8.170541.19119@husc3.harvard.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan8.170541.19119@husc3.harvard.edu>
- zeleny@husc10.harvard.edu (Michael Zeleny) writes:
- >
- > Sure they can, -- insofar as they explicitly reserve the right to
- > revise the terms of the GPL, [...]
-
- The FSF cannot revise the terms of a license on a specific program. It
- can only publish a later version of the GPL, which people may or may
- not decide to use.
-
- To quote the GPL itself:
-
- Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the
- Program specifies a version number of this License which applies to
- it and "any later version", you have the option of following the
- terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version
- published by the Free Software Foundation. If the Program does not
- specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version
- ever published by the Free Software Foundation.
-
- And later on, the sample copyright message:
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
- published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
- License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
- The phrase `or ... any later version' is only suggested, not required.
-
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