[OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] ODbL vs CC-by-SA pros and cons

Rob Myers rob at robmyers.org
Mon Aug 30 11:03:26 BST 2010


On 08/30/2010 09:21 AM, jh wrote:
>
> Some of the longest running and most successful free software projects
> did not substantially *) change their license. Ever. And are doing just
> fine.
 >
> *) apart from subtle upgrades like GPL vX to GPL v(X+1)

Some people think that GPL upgrades aren't subtle, or prefer GPL 2 to 
GPL 3, or cannot upgrade even if they wanted to. The Linux kernel is a 
good example of all three.

The majority (> 50%) of GPL projects are now GPL 3. Which is hardly an 
argument against allowing relicencing.

- Rob.



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