Re: Maybe it's time to fork the GPL License - create the Linuxlicense?

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Tue Oct 03 2006 - 06:33:48 EST



>> The idea of the new license is as follows. It would be backwards
>> compatible with GPL2. It's would eliminate the "or later" clause because
>> we have already seen the potential for abuse there.
>
> The "or later" clause is not part of the actual license. It's part of
> the preamble.

It's mentioned in the preamble, but it is actually a part of the license
tag you put in your code. </nitpick>


Jan Engelhardt
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