Hello,
On 11/01/2014 10:03 AM, Matthias Trute wrote: > > ... So the formal request: I intent to change the > license from GPLv2 to GPLv3. Details are available at www.fsf.org I'm all for this change. I would suggest to consider the "version 3 or any later version" thing. I would also suggest to add an additional note somewhere, something along these lines. Due to the nature of Forth systems, a "Forth Program" really does extent the Forth system. This is unlike a compiler (gcc or llvm) compiling a source file into machine readable format. Therefore Forth programs can (must?) be seen as a derived work of the Forth system. Users who wish to create a commercial product are strongly advised to either consider makeing the software available to the customer and end user (in order to fulfill the requirements of amForths GPL license), or alternately consider a Forth system which does allow commercial products without the obligation to make the software available in source code. Maybe there is a reference to a text, where this problem is considered in detail, which can be added. I'm not aware of anything, however. Cheers and happy hacking, Erich ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Amforth-devel mailing list for http://amforth.sf.net/ Amforth-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amforth-devel
