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Mike Linksvayer (mlinksva) - 9 years ago 2014-11-16 15:32:41
ml@gondwanaland.com

not all cc sharealike licenses are copyleft, so be specific
automatic relicensing is an exaggeration
cc by-sa case is even more nuanced, briefly mention in fn

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 ``GPLv2-only'' cannot be combined with works licensed ``GPLv3-or-later''.
 This is admittedly a frustrating outcome.
 Other copyleft licenses that appeared after GPL, such
 as the Creative Commons ``Share Alike'' licenses, the Eclipse Public License
 and the Mozilla Public License \textbf{require} all copyright holders choosing
 to use any version of those licenses to automatically accept and relicense
 their copyrighted works under new versions.  Of course, Creative Commons, the
 Eclipse Foundation, and the Mozilla Foundation (like the FSF) have generally
 served as excellent stewards of their licenses.  Copyright holders using
 those licenses seems to find it acceptable to fully delegate all future
 licensing decisions for their copyrights to these organizations without a
 second thought.
 Other copyleft licenses that appeared after GPL, such as the Creative Commons
 ``Attribution-Share Alike'' licenses, the Eclipse Public License and the
 Mozilla Public License \textbf{require} all copyright holders choosing
 to use any version of those licenses to automatically allow use of their
 copyrighted works under new versions.\footnote{CC-BY-SA-2.0 and greater only
 permit licensing of adaptations under future versions; 1.0 did not have
 any accomodation for future version compatibility.}  Of course, Creative
 Commons, the Eclipse Foundation, and the Mozilla Foundation (like the FSF)
 have generally served as excellent stewards of their licenses.  Copyright
 holders using those licenses seems to find it acceptable to fully delegate
 all future licensing decisions for their copyrights to these organizations
 without a second thought.
 However, note that FSF gives herein the control of copyright holders to
 decide whether or not to implicitly trust the FSF in its work of drafting

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