License option

[William Siegrist]

On Jan 13, 2010, at 2:37 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

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> On Jan 13, 2010, at 16:22, Joshua Root wrote:
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>> On 2010-1-14 08:55 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
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>>> The terms of the GPL state that any later version may be used.
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>> No they don't.
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> I was under the impression that they do.
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> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
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> Section 14 of the GPL v3 says:
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> Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program specifies that a certain numbered version of the GNU General Public License “or any later version” applies to it

As it says above, projects opt into this by adding "or any later version".  It is not automatic. 

-Bill