[Linux-ha-dev] GPL (no version) vs GPLv2 vs GPLv2+

Lars Marowsky-Bree lmb at suse.de
Wed Dec 12 05:14:00 MST 2007


On 2007-12-11T22:14:36, Sebastian Reitenbach <sebastia at l00-bugdead-prods.de> wrote:

> personally, I'd prefer the BSD or ISC license, as these are short, and more
> important, I understand them. fwiw, for the small bits I contributed, feel
> free to change it to any GPL version necessary.

I don't think a non-GPL compatible license is possible for us; we need
to be able to freely link with GPL'ed code and/or incorporate code from
GPL'ed products.

Personally I'm inclined towards GPLv2+; that seems to cover the most
bases.


Regards,
    Lars

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