[fpc-pascal] Announces & License question

[Yann Mérignac]

Compatibility with FPC and avoid the proliferation of licenses... 2 good
arguments in favor of GPL v2+ + linking exception. I'll go that way.

Thanks


2014-02-28 13:10 GMT+01:00 Marco van de Voort <marcov at stack.nl>:

> In our previous episode, Jonas Maebe said:
> > > I would do gplv2+ + linking exception, since that makes it more
> > > compatible to
> > > FPC,
> >
> > At least all of our own source code is (L)GPL2+, so it shouldn't cause
> > problems.
>
> Not compatible to our license, but compatible to being included in
> collections with uniform license like ours. Nothing legal, just a practical
> remark against the proliferation of licenses.
>
> A proliferation of licenses makes making collections with one such
> statement
> difficult.  And specially if the difference in two such licenses is small,
> it is IMHO better conform to something already used.
>
> > Do we have package that are GPLv2 without the "or later"
> > clause?
>
> Not that I know.
>
> > >  and the risk on Tivoisation is that great in this case.
> >
> > I guess you mean "not"? In any case, GPLv3 also offers some protection
> > against (or rather, offence against) software patents.
>
> I know that was the intention of GPLv3, but I don't what came of it, and
> how
> practical (or limiting) it is.
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