DOS ain't dead - GPL: either version 3 of the license, or any later version

GPL: either version 3 of the license, or any later version (Announce)

posted by mbbrutman , Washington, USA, 03.06.2011, 04:12

Marcov,

I look at GPL3 as the latest version of one of the best open source licenses. I generally agree with the philosophy that if you pick something up for free and make it better, then you should contribute back. I think we are in a bad state when we need a license to mandate good behavior - in the end it really doesn't matter because I can't detect somebody violating the license nor do I have the means to enforce the license even if I can detect a violation.

I am inclined to think that if the only thing that might make somebody submit a fix is the license terms then that person was not going to submit a fix in the first place. And by the same reasoning, there will be people who submit fixes no matter what the license is.

In short, you can't legislate good behavior. So I chose the license that I thought matched my coding ethic and the needs of the project. GPLv3 has been heavily reviewed. Despite what people think of RMS, I think legally it is sound and the spirit of share and enjoy is preserved in it.

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mTCP Open Source release - mbbrutman, 27.05.2011, 23:47 (Announce)
- mTCP GPL - ecm, 27.05.2011, 23:58
  - GPLv3 - mbbrutman, 28.05.2011, 00:20
    - GPL: either version 3 of the license, or any later version - ecm, 28.05.2011, 00:55
      - GPL: either version 3 of the license, or any later version - mbbrutman, 28.05.2011, 01:09
        GPL: either version 3 of the license, or any later version - ecm, 28.05.2011, 01:18
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        GPL: either version 3 of the license, or any later version - mbbrutman, 30.05.2011, 22:56
        GPL: either version 3 of the license, or any later version - marcov, 02.06.2011, 16:10
        GPL: either version 3 of the license, or any later version - mbbrutman, 03.06.2011, 04:12
        GPL: either version 3 of the license, or any later version - marcov, 03.06.2011, 13:36
        GPL: either version 3 of the license, or any later version - Rugxulo, 03.06.2011, 16:45
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