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On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Richard Yao <ryao@g.o> wrote: |
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> The systemd developers were in the middle of a transition to the LGPL |
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> from the GPL when we forked. We inherited the code in the middle of that |
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> transition and we see no reason to pursue a different course. Therefore, |
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> all future changes that we make to eudev will be available under the LGPL. |
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Not sure what the driver is to use LGPL, but in general the Gentoo |
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social contract requires that all contributions be made under GPLv2+ |
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or the CC BY-SAv2+. I'm sure exceptions can be made if they make |
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sense and are aligned with Gentoo's mission (likely something that |
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would fall on the Foundation to approve). If eudev were a non-Gentoo |
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project then Gentoo could depend on it as long as it used any |
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OSI-approved license. |
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Why not just use GPLv2+? The LGPL is compatible, so this would not |
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prevent us from merging udev changes. |
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Not suggesting that we shouldn't use the LGPL if there is a good |
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reason to do so that is aligned with Gentoo's mission. I would just |
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like to understand the reason for it. |
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Rich |
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