I selected GPLv2 for distributing a project even with the availability of v3. I see others who did this as well. Version 2 is readable by mere mortals; simplic

I selected GPLv2 for distributing a project even with the availability of v3. I see others who did this as well. Version 2 is readable by mere mortals; simplicity is a feature. I was also surprised by the boilerplate "version x or any later version", seems strange to give away something under terms that don't even exist yet -- and I'd be interested if this actually weakens the assertion of the license.