[Foundation-l] Licensing interim update

[David Gerard]

2009/2/7 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>:
> 2009/2/7 David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>:

>> There is no legal question over the very relicensing itself. You
>> trying to spread FUD here doesn't count.

> There's no question in the US. I'm not convinced by "We believe that
> licensing updates that do not fundamentally alter the spirit of the
> license and that are permitted through the license itself are legally
> valid in all jurisdictions." (the FAQ) I don't hold much stock by
> "belief", I'd rather here from somebody that actually knows about each
> jurisdiction (at least, the ones where we have a major presence, every
> single one would be impractical).


Anyone can take any idiot question to court. That doesn't count as a
reason to assume that there must therefore be a substantive reason to
believe that the "or later" language doesn't apply. Nor does being
unable to prove a negative.


- d.