[OSM-legal-talk] Software under GPLv2 / v3

MJ Ray mjr at phonecoop.coop
Fri Feb 15 11:18:07 GMT 2008


Martijn van Exel <mvexel at gmail.com> wrote:
> It states that 'This software platform will be built in open source  
> under GPLv3 license'. It is pointed out that that may be too  
> restrictive, as projects being included in the funding might already  
> be under development under GPLv2. What do you think?

What is the motive for the GPLv3 specification?  Also, why GPLv3 and
not "GPLv3 or later"?  Without knowing that, it's hard to comment.

Unless it is building on other GPL work, it may be better for the
intial development to be under more liberal terms than GPLv2, even, as
it can always be remixed up to GPL by later work.

Hope that helps,
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