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GPL v3 have "or later" in it's body. So any GPLv3 licensed code automatically licensed under GPLv4 once it would be available.
by ex3ndr 6y ago
GPL v3 have "or later" in it's body. So any GPLv3 licensed code automatically licensed under GPLv4 once it would be available.
- sokoloff 6y agoI believe that the text "you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that numbered version or of any later version" means that it is still available to be used under the terms and conditions of GPLv3 or GPLv4 at the option of the person using the code (such that if v4 prohibited use by people with 3 o's in their name, I could still use foo under the v3 terms). Do you claim that once v4 is published I cannot use code licensed as "v3 or later" by complying with the v3 terms and conditions? That seems to me to directly contradict the language in the license. I agree that "v3 or later" code automatically is available for use under v4 terms once v4 is published, but it also remains available under v3 terms.