GPL v2 only,please

[Didier Verna]

David Kastrup <dak at gnu.org> wrote:

> "SL Baur" <steve at xemacs.org> writes:
>
>> I wish all my contributions to XEmacs to be considered
>> under the GPL V2 only.
>
> Backdated activism like this is one of the reason the Free Software
> Foundation requires copyright assignments for contributions to Emacs.

        Old wars and rude tone set aside, I can understand Steve's concern
(good to hear from you BTW). I've always felt uncomfortable with the "any
later version" part of the copyright headers where you agree that your work
may be used under the terms of a license you don't know yet. That's a bit like
signing a blank check[1].

I've even asked Richard about this in person once and he couldn't give me any
satisfactory answer.



Footnotes: 
[1]  does that metaphor exist in english ?

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