Re: (L)GPLv3

[Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org>]

Hi,

Le mardi 06 juillet 2010, à 09:00 -0400, Ryan Lortie a écrit :
> hi Vincent,
> 
> On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 09:26 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote:
> > Do you feel okay with the idea of allowing proprietary apps to use our
> > platform but not GPLv2 apps?
> 
> In short, yes.
> 
> Anybody who has an application that is GPLv2-only and has accepted
> enough contributions that it has become an unreasonable proposition to
> relicense has made a significant mistake.  I don't want to punish them
> or anything, but they are the ones who picked a licence that prevents
> them from linking against just about anything.

Ah, well, we happen to disagree, then (but we both agree we don't
want to punish them ;-)).

Cheers,

Vincent

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