2009/2/9 Delirium <delirium(a)hackish.org>rg>:
At the very least, it seems to empirically not be
a problem. The GPL has
included the "or later" language since it was first published in 1989,
and has since gone through two updates (the first in 1991), without, as
far as I can find, a single ruling invalidating that language. And
GPL-licensed stuff has *much* more extensive worldwide commercial reuse
than Wikimedia content does.
Indeed. It defies rationality to assert that there is a first-world
country where "or later" is an insuperable barrier. If you want me to
consider it one, I'd like to see an actual case please.
Agreed. Specifically arguing that somebody has asserted on
this mailing list that there are jurisdictions where those two
words are a problem, is just simply incorrect.
Yours,
Jussi-Ville Heiskanen