2026-11-09 15:58 UTC
I think it is for license compatibility with the various BSDs that are also licensed as MIT and BSD licenses. GPL has some incompatibilities.
Other things I question is “gpl version X and newer” or giving your copyright to FSF. FSF can change the license to something that you don’t agree with in both cases for instance.
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@CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-11-09 16:55
Yeah, I don’t recommend anyone using GPL x “or newer”. I explicitly use AGPL 3 for most code.
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@milbyte11@lemmy.ml 2026-11-09 19:08
that’s their self made problem. BSD could as well be on GPL if they’re open sourcing it anyway.