Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux

Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk (qrczak@knm.org.pl)
Sun, 20 Dec 1998 19:36:02 +0100 (CET)


On 20 Dec 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Sure it can... virtually all GPL'd software is "GPL version 2, **or,
> at your option, any later version**".

But:

9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will
be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to
address new problems or concerns.

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