Re: Module proposal: Empathy for GNOME 2.24
- From: "Felipe Contreras" <felipe contreras gmail com>
- To: "Hubert Figuiere" <hub figuiere net>
- Cc: desktop-devel-list <desktop-devel-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: Module proposal: Empathy for GNOME 2.24
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:03:57 +0200
On 3/26/08, Hubert Figuiere <hub figuiere net> wrote:
>
> 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.
Then it's not an issue; it's a preference.
Are you going to threathen existing LGPLv2 projects to remove them from GNOME?
--
Felipe Contreras
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