Re: What is GNOME?

[jg pa dec com (Jim Gettys)]

Better not make it an absolute requirement: many of us folks aren't
paranoid, and our view of free software is more along the MIT X license:
do anything you like except take my name in vain... :-).
Any gnome coding I may do someday will be with an X style copyright, not
a GPL or LGPL...

If you want to say "Licenses fully compatible with the LGPL/GPL", I think
you'll keep everyone happy...
					- Jim

> Sender: foundation-list-admin@gnome.org
> From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@eazel.com>
> Date: 12 Jul 2000 12:09:41 -0700
> To: Miguel de Icaza <miguel@helixcode.com>
> Cc: Havoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com>, George <jirka@5z.com>,
>         foundation-list@gnome.org
> Subject: Re: What is GNOME?
> -----
> Miguel de Icaza <miguel@helixcode.com> writes:
> 
> > > I think we should have a hard requirement of DFSG/OSD-free for
> > > packages, making exceptions is going to make it hard to draw a clear
> > > line that excludes truly proprietary code in the future.
> >
> > We also want to preffer GPL/LGPL alternatives over packages licensed
> > under other licenses (even if they are free) just because it makes our
> > life easier when it comes to sharing and cut and pasting code.
> 
> GPL-comaptible packages are nicer but I don't think we should make
> this an absolute requirement.
> 
>  - Maciej
> 
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Jim Gettys
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