Re: Module proposal: Empathy for GNOME 2.24

[Hubert Figuiere <hub figuiere net>]

On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 12:11 +1100, Andrew Cowie wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 09:26 -0400, Hubert Figuiere wrote:
> > libmissioncontrol is LGPLv2 only. This is a problem as it prevent Gnome
> > to ever move to (L)GPLv3.
> 
> So what?
> 
> LGPLv2 is Free Software. That is sufficient in our view. Even more so
> because we are talking about the LGPL here.

It is not a problem of freedom but a problem of license compatibility.
LGPLv2-only is NOT compatible with v3.

Let's not make mistakes and anticipate. The move to (L)GPLv3 is
unavoidable, even though it is not instant.

Hub