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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 11-Mar-2024 18:36:55 JST Aral Balkan

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   • Digital Mark λ 📚 🕹 💾 🥃
   • Aaron Rainbolt

   @arraybolt3 @mdhughes I was using the “or any later version” but have stopped since I don’t necessarily trust what will come next from the FSF given how they’ve handled stuff recently. I already use the latest versions of the licenses in my work and I plan to review any new versions that come out, if they do, and update my licenses accordingly.

   • Aaron Rainbolt (arraybolt3@theres.life)'s status on Monday, 11-Mar-2024 18:37:01 JST Aaron Rainbolt

     • Digital Mark λ 📚 🕹 💾 🥃

     @mdhughes @aral The FOSS devs oftentimes use GPL and are perfectly happy to introduce GPLv2+ code, and the indie devs can use GPL code too and even sell their software as long as they also give source and GPL rights as required. Ardour does this and it works pretty well for them.

     I will say, though, whatever GPL version you choose, please, I beg of you, add the "or any later version" clause or you give license auditors and devs a headache. I have had some interesting messes to untangle because of the lack of "or any later version" clauses when trying to piece together a program.