Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: [opensuse-packaging] is ghostscript able to be updated to 8.70 was GPL v3 question
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:19:50PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote:
Dave Plater
wrote: If they add "or later" to their licensing statement their problem dissapears, I've noticed that the top of the chart in gnu.orgs faq only has a column for GPLv3 or later and LGPLv3 or later. Omni's license is LGPLv2.1 or later and it is included in the build of the ghostscript (GPLv3) package's ghostscript-omni, what do I put in the spec file under License:, "GPLv3" or "LGPLv2.1 or later"
The problem is that the German law (and probably all European law systems as well) forbid you to sign a contract where you don't know the conditions at the time you sign.
But GPL is a licence, not a contract. Does this still apply? I wonder if the distinction is even meaningful in European law. It would be great to read some article by a lawyer on this, it's an interesting aspect I've never thought of before. Petr "Pasky" Baudis -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+help@opensuse.org
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