4 Jul
2007
4 Jul
'07
6:12 a.m.
When a new author wants to mix certain parts of code
from multiple sources of various versions of GPLed
software, the decision to release the final code is
strongly dependent on the release versions of the
pieces of code from where they have been picked from.
Thus an author who picks up parts of code from a GPL3
source and mixes it any other version has to
necessarily release the resultant code in GPL3.
The spirit with GPL3 here is to enforce that no public
code released in GPL3 can ever be in the private
domain.
The current debate, I am afraid, is focussed wrongly.
CK Raju
India
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Eben Moglen's (principal brain behind GPL3 *project*)
last pre-release speech can be found here. I recommend
multiple-reading of the article to dispel any
remaining doubt.
http://ia301337.us.archive.org/1/items/EbenMoglenLectureEdinburghJune2007te…
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