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Seemant Kulleen wrote: |
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> If you can really show some way that GPL3 provides a compelling case |
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> to move to it, then we can start talking about that. |
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I wasn't aware that gentoo practiced copyright assignment. You might |
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want to make the disclaimers clear - if somebody submits a patch on |
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bugzilla and doesn't expressly assign copyright they would legally |
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retain it unless it were a clear condition of using the site. Also, it |
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would help avoid people submitting patches that aren't |
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GPL-2-only-compatible from other projects. But then again, I'm not a |
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lawyer... :) |
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I guess one reason to move would be that it is the goal of the FSF for |
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this to become the "default" GPL. So, if there was a compelling case |
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for adopting the GPL at all (one presumes there was since we're GPL |
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currently), then there is a case for migrating to GPL v3 by that virtue |
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alone. Does that mean that we HAVE to? Certainly not. |
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I'd ask the question why we're GPL at all? If the reason is because we |
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generally agree with the principles of free software and copyleft, then |
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the GPL v3 is only an improvement over the GPL. If we don't really like |
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copyleft as an organization then it would make more sense to just adopt |
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BSD, rather than stick with a copyleft license that just has a few |
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loopholes in it. |
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In terms of pros/cons with GPLv2 you'd have compatibility with GPL3 and |
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GPL2+ licenses, as well as the the Affero GPL. There is of course the |
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closing of the tivoization loophole, and that can be considered a pro or |
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a con depending on your personal beliefs. However, if you really are |
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pro-tivoization, then why use the GPL at all? |
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Oh, there exists another option - we could also relicense as GPL2 or 3 - |
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that gets rid of the "what if it changes to something bad" issue while |
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allowing others to adopt the code under either license. |
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