[Diritto] eliminare "any later version" dalla GPL
Alceste Scalas
diritto@softwarelibero.it
Mon, 13 May 2002 19:46:32 +0200
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On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 05:51:06PM +0200, Alessandro Rubini wrote:
> > perch=E8 non voglio mettermi nelle mani di qualcun'altro
>=20
> ma la FSF assicura che le successive versioni avranno lo
> stesso spirito e differiranno solo per dei
> dettagli. Ovviamente puoi fidarti o meno;
Tra l'altro, l'impegno a mantenere lo stesso "spirito" nelle
prossime versioni della GNU GPL dovrebbe avere un valore legale
(almeno in alcuni Paesi).
Da una vecchia e-mail passata su <discussion@fsfeurope.org>:
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On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 08:09:57AM +0200, Jan-Oliver Wagner wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 09:29:20PM +0100, Luciano Miguel Ferreira Roc=
ha wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 09:38:18PM +0200, Werner Koch wrote:
> > > And Ulrich forgot to mention that the (L)GPL also says,
> > > that new revisions of the license will be in the same
> > > spirit.
> >
> > Ah.. The spirit... Well, the GPL exists to protect the
> > creator and the program, it would not be necessary if people
> > were true to the spirit of things.
>
> At least in Germany, expressing the spirit which lies in a
> contract is a valid thing at court. You will not be able at
> court to push through a license not in the same spirit, but
> claiming to be a successor of it.
>
> Thus, the statement about the spirit is another important
> element to ensure a trustworthy license.
>
> Not sure about juristiction in other countries though ...=20
>
> Jan
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Ciao,
Alceste
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