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Re: RFH: GPLv3

From: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>
To: Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1 at t-online dot de>
Cc: Dave Korn <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>, "'Doug Gregor'" <doug dot gregor at gmail dot com>, "'Basile STARYNKEVITCH'" <basile at starynkevitch dot net>, "'Mark Mitchell'" <mark at codesourcery dot com>, "'GCC'" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:59:38 -0400
Subject: Re: RFH: GPLv3
References: <4695B50B.6050108@codesourcery.com> <469623AA.3010903@starynkevitch.net> <doug.gregor@gmail.com> <24b520d20707120729m1f6f6586meede49a8e830ae84@mail.gmail.com> <200707121434.l6CEYcQ31608@makai.watson.ibm.com> <24b520d20707120749yf6e480aib56b3f193013fc3f@mail.gmail.com> <200707121453.l6CErVQ31388@makai.watson.ibm.com> <00b901c7c496$16cd99e0$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> <200707121519.l6CFJrQ28418@makai.watson.ibm.com> <46964E90.8040500@t-online.de>

>>>>> Bernd Schmidt writes:

Bernd> I don't think that's true.  Given that all copyrights are assigned to 
Bernd> the FSF, the FSF could license these changes as GPLv2+ (in 4.2) and 
Bernd> GPLv3+ (in 4.3 and up) without a problem.  The original author's wishes 
Bernd> do not come into play.

	Quoting RMS:

"...I recognize that author of a bug fix can make it available under
GPLv2...."

David

References:
- RFH: GPLv3
  - From: Mark Mitchell
- Re: RFH: GPLv3
  - From: Basile STARYNKEVITCH
- Re: RFH: GPLv3
  - From: Doug Gregor
- Re: RFH: GPLv3
  - From: David Edelsohn
- Re: RFH: GPLv3
  - From: Doug Gregor
- Re: RFH: GPLv3
  - From: David Edelsohn
- RE: RFH: GPLv3
  - From: Dave Korn
- Re: RFH: GPLv3
  - From: David Edelsohn
- Re: RFH: GPLv3
  - From: Bernd Schmidt

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