On Saturday 4 June 2005 18:28, David Roundy wrote: > On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 10:47:18AM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 3. Add the following text to the license: > > > > "As a special exception, you have permission to link this program with > > code which is licensed under the Common Public Licence or the Eclipse > > Public Licence, as long as you follow the requirements of the GNU GPL > > in regard to all of the software in the executable aside from the > > software which is licensed under the Common Public License or the > > Eclipse Public License." > > > > This would allow the redistribution of works which combined darcs and > > CPL'ed code, but it would not allow the redistribution of works which > > combined darcs and proprietary code. > > This option seems best to me (assuming we go with any change at all).
This reaction disappoints me. Taking zooko's word on how this change behaves while various people have proven again and again that his understanding of the GPL is severely limited is not only short sighted, its dangerous for Darcs. > I'm thinking that perhaps the best option would be to ask authors to > assign copyright to me. I didn't want to do this, but it would > definitely simplify future changes of license. Why would authors want to give you copyright if the sole reason for doing so is to ease license change? This means you can make it non free as soon as you get a good enough offer from. No disrespect at all, David; you did a great job, but the GPL works because the software is nobodies property, there are only downsides to changing that. I find this whole thread funny yet scary; one person claims that _maybe_ for a as of yet unknown reason someone wants to change the darcs licensing to abuse it in ways not yet clear. Your positive reaction makes me scared of what will happen when a big company comes by with big bucks and does people here an good offer... -- Thomas Zander
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