[Foundation-l] Projects without >FDL1.2 migration clause

[Jimmy Wales]

Brianna Laugher wrote:
 > If no version is specified, then there is no problem:
 >
 > 10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE:
 > "If the Document does not specify a version number of this License,
 > you may choose any version ever published (not as a draft) by the Free
 > Software Foundation."
 >
 > The only potential problem is if there are projects saying "license
 > under GFDL v1.2 [only]".

I think this is important, thank you Brianna.

I think it is absolutely untrue that any of our projects is licensed 
under conditions that do not allow "or any later version".  In any 
event, this has never been approved by the board or, as far as I know, 
by any community.

There have been, in the past, some discussions by people who are not 
lawyers about questions of whether "or any later version" clauses are 
possibly problematic in some legal jurisdictions.  I am unaware of any 
lawyer for the Foundation, for FSF, or for CC (who has the most 
international set of lawyers working on their licenses) ever actually 
making that claim.  (But it is possible that someone has, I am just 
unaware of it.)

--Jimbo