When to evaluate dual licenses

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Thu Dec 13 22:55:24 UTC 2007


Chris Travers wrote:
> On Dec 13, 2007 2:35 PM, Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech
>>
>>
>> GPLv2 or later is not a license.  It's a choice of licenses.
> 
> 
> Howso?  I always thought a license was a permission grant.  A choice of
> licenses is also a license.
> 
> The point is though that one is not forced to choose so it is not an issue.

Okay.  Technically, "GPLv2 or later" is a license to choose one of an
unbounded number of licenses.  OSI evaluates software licenses, not
meta-licenses.

Matt Flaschen



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