diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index d38bbc9c262952bd1a9b4fd8fa9cfe413bc8b89c..e60b5fb65a8ce898d5e38c2edeb5566ee1f0f69f 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -1006,16 +1006,18 @@ combined and modified works. As such, software licensed under the terms of ``GPLv2-only'' cannot be combined with works licensed ``GPLv3-or-later''. This is admittedly a frustrating outcome. -Other copyleft licenses that appeared after GPL, such -as the Creative Commons ``Share Alike'' licenses, the Eclipse Public License -and the Mozilla Public License \textbf{require} all copyright holders choosing -to use any version of those licenses to automatically accept and relicense -their copyrighted works under new versions. Of course, Creative Commons, the -Eclipse Foundation, and the Mozilla Foundation (like the FSF) have generally -served as excellent stewards of their licenses. Copyright holders using -those licenses seems to find it acceptable to fully delegate all future -licensing decisions for their copyrights to these organizations without a -second thought. +Other copyleft licenses that appeared after GPL, such as the Creative Commons +``Attribution-Share Alike'' licenses, the Eclipse Public License and the +Mozilla Public License \textbf{require} all copyright holders choosing +to use any version of those licenses to automatically allow use of their +copyrighted works under new versions.\footnote{CC-BY-SA-2.0 and greater only +permit licensing of adaptations under future versions; 1.0 did not have +any accomodation for future version compatibility.} Of course, Creative +Commons, the Eclipse Foundation, and the Mozilla Foundation (like the FSF) +have generally served as excellent stewards of their licenses. Copyright +holders using those licenses seems to find it acceptable to fully delegate +all future licensing decisions for their copyrights to these organizations +without a second thought. However, note that FSF gives herein the control of copyright holders to decide whether or not to implicitly trust the FSF in its work of drafting