Jesper Juhl wrote:

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>> One thing that would make that easier in the future is if contributers

>> at least started to dual-license their submissions.  I.e. if instead

>> of "GPL version 2", one could say "GPL version 2 or GPL version 3".

>> It isn't the same thing as the problematic "GPL version 2 or later",

>> because the developer is not agreeing to an unseen license (GPLv4,

>> etc).  What it does do is make it easier to move to GPLv3 a few years

>> from now, if that is decided then, as a significant fraction of the

>> code will already be GPLv3 compatible.  That way, if a reason is ever

>> found to move to v3, at least some of the work will already be done.

>>

> Good luck convincing all contributors to do that.

Well, it's something that pro-GPLv3 people can do right now, instead of

just lobbying/complaining.  Given 1000 developers, if 400 start dual

licensing now, and down the road some compelling reason for GPLv3 does

arise (read: a lawsuit with teeth), that's 600 people you need to

contact/convince to change, not 1000.  This is made more interesting by

that fact that 40% of the kernel code is already "GPLv2 or later", as

someone else pointed out.
> Personally I'm happy with GPL v2, and I for one won't be

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> dual-licensing anything I contribute until I see a clear benefit of

> doing so (and I don't yet).

Well, all my personal (non-kernel) stuff is still GPLv2 only right now

(Linus' opinion is what convinced me that "or later" is dumb), and like

many I disliked the original GPLv3 draft.  I'm willing to wait until the

final one is out though, and I think my libraries will end up being

dual-licensed, with contributions required to be dual-licensed.  I want

to avoid v3 lock-in, but I don't want to cripple v3 projects either.
> In any case, this whole debate is still a bit premature since GPL v3

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> has not even arrived in its final form yet.

Agreed.
  - Jim Bruce

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