As FreeDOS project coordinator, just email here and you'll contact me. So
you just did ;-)
Way back in the dark ages, Jim and I had a discussion about licensing and we
pretty much settled on GPL. These licensing discussions continue today as
well. I won't bore you with the details, but we prefer GPL and related
agreements for FreeDOS. Doesn't mean we'll turn away something that is not
GPL but is open source for the distribution.
That being said, my personal preference is GPL and don't want to change it
for the kernel. I think it has served the purpose quite well over the
years.
Now a nit. I am of Italian origin and my first name is Pasquale, not
Patrick. I use Pat as a nickname. Long story ...
Pat
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Kenneth J. Davis <jere...@fdos.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:44 PM, <ibid...@lavabit.com> wrote:
> ...
> > In the discussion I refer to, relicensing was mentioned. I am curious who
> > should be contacted for such requests, or if relicensing would be
> allowed,
> > etc.
> > The kernel source says "Portions copyright Patrick J. Villani."
> > Would that mean that Pat should be contacted?
> ...
>
> It would be very difficult; at minimal one would have to find all the
> people listed in contrib.txt (within the docs directory in the kernel
> source) and each of them would have to agree or the corresponding
> contribution determined and replaced. Pat of course would be the
> starting point as the kernel as a whole is derived from his work; in
> recent years Bart and Tom have contributed the most. Assuming this
> was achievable, it would only get you a version of the kernel
> relicensed; the majority of FreeDOS [the associated shell & utilities]
> would still be GPL licensed.
>
> Jeremy
>
>
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