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From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
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Subject: Re: Seeking input from developers: glibc copyright assignment policy.
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On 6/14/21 8:18 PM, DJ Delorie via Libc-alpha wrote:
> The DCO means we will never change the version
> of GPL we use

If the DCO really means that then it could be trouble, as copyright law=20
mutates and the LGPL clause that lets you redistribute under later=20
versions is an important escape hatch to deal with future changes to=20
copyright law.

But I don't understand why the DCO really means that; could you explain?