From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Gy1m9-0002C3-TD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 07:58:38 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kBN7vkeY028190; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 07:57:46 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kBN7toc4029750 for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 07:55:51 GMT Received: from gentoo.org (cp237988-a.mill1.nb.home.nl [84.29.246.62]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93979642B1 for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 07:55:49 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 09:40:18 +0100 From: Harald van =?utf-8?Q?D=C4=B3k?= To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GPL-2 vs GPL-2+ Message-ID: <20061223084017.GA4920@gentoo.org> References: <200612222156.55163@enterprise.flameeyes.is-a-geek.org> <200612222331.17989@enterprise.flameeyes.is-a-geek.org> <458C5F9E.1010307@gentoo.org> <200612230011.07659@enterprise.flameeyes.is-a-geek.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200612230011.07659@enterprise.flameeyes.is-a-geek.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id kBN7vkgR028190 X-Archives-Salt: 72330525-831f-4bf2-bc45-43798af71b7a X-Archives-Hash: 8bfbc4a72edebba76e9697165540afda On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 12:10:44AM +0100, Diego 'Flameeyes' Petten=F2 wro= te: > On Friday 22 December 2006 23:43, Alec Warner wrote: > > Say I approve only GPL-3 packages (cause' I hate patents, and I disli= ke > > having a working system too!). =A0This would encompass anything stric= tly > > GPL-3 and also anything GPL-2+ (which would then be under 3 at my opt= ion > > in this case). > Not really, as GPL-2 does not disallow DRM (_if_ GPL-3 will disallow th= em), so=20 > if there's a software licensed under GPL-2+ that uses DRM, it couldn't = be=20 > used under GPL-3 terms even at your option. I believe you're misunderstanding the DRM issue. There is nothing in the GPL-3 draft that forbids DRM, except insofar as the DRM prevents the user from exercising his/her GPL-granted rights, and it is not likely that the final GPL-3 will forbid it. In plain English, as long as you're able to modify, compile, and run the code, it's fine as far as the GPL is concerned. And Gentoo being a source-based distro, you can already know you're able to do all that. It's also possible that I'm misunderstanding your message, of course. If I am, would you please clarify? --=20 gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list