[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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