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Toybox, a Busybox alternative with a BSD license
There was no GPLv3 when the Linux kernel was first developed.
icebraining
on July 28, 2013
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No, but the GPL already included a "or any later version" clause if the copyright holder wanted to make use of it. Were they supposed to force people to accept it to use the GPL? If not, how is it their fault?
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They easily could have to stop license proliferation and incompatibilities.
icebraining
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How?
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Not allowing the removal of the 'or later' clause.
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