GPL version 2 only for BusyBox 1.3.0.

Jason Schoon floydpink at gmail.com
Thu Sep 14 15:11:48 UTC 2006


On 9/14/06, Rob Landley <rob at landley.net> wrote:
>
> Erik Andersen wrote:
> > On Wed Sep 13, 2006 at 11:07:51PM -0400, Rob Landley wrote:
> > > I'm planning to simplify the BusyBox license to GPLv2 only tomorrow,
> so
> > > that BusyBox 1.3.0 will be GPLv2 only when it ships.
> > >
> > > Are you ok with that?
> >
> > Sure, works for me.
>
> So, I confirmed that Erik has objection to simplifying the BusyBox license
> to
> GPL version 2 only, dropping the "or later".  I also asked the Software
> Freedom Law Center, and on Monday they confirmed they're still happy to
> represent us as a GPL version 2 project.  And I've brought it up several
> times on this list over the past few months and nobody's come up with a
> compelling argument against it.
>


Important typo of note here.  Replace "Erik has objection" with "Erik has no
objection."  My head was spinning trying to follow the logic otherwise ;-)
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