[Foundation-l] Licensing interim update

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

David Gerard wrote:
> 2009/2/9 Delirium <delirium at hackish.org>:
>
>   
>> 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