Alessandro, Considering Daniel's statement, I don't think the position would change.
Quoting: > We do not specifically avoid GNUstep at all, for licensing, or any > reason. In fact, GNUStep has been supported, along with thousands > of other open source projects, through programs like GSOC. Hence, there is no policy for or against use of GNUstep. On Fri Jun 06 2014 at 8:20:49 AM, Alessandro Sangiuliano < [email protected]> wrote: > > Il 05/06/2014 20:45, Daniel Berlin ha scritto: > > Hi Greg, > > > >> Gregory Casamento <greg.casamento <at> gmail.com> writes: > >> Hey Stefan, > >> On Tuesday, June 3, 2014, Stefan Bidi <stefanbidi <at> gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Yes, from what I hear one of them is a large search engine company > based in > >> mountainview. And it's not the first one I've heard of. > > I can unequivocally state this is not the case. I'm not sure what > > information you have, but i'm responsible for open source licensing > > policy there, and have been for the past 8 years. We do not > > specifically avoid GNUstep at all, for licensing, or any reason. In > > fact, GNUStep has been supported, along with thousands of other open > > source projects, through programs like GSOC. > > > > > > > > > >>> Would these companies and/or contributors be more inclined to > >>> contribute to the project if portions of it were GPLv2 over GPLv3? > >> Yes because there is apparently a no gplv3 policy in some conpanys > >> due to gplv3 patent restrictions. > > We have no such policy. In general, the only licenses we ban across > > the board are those that are not actually open source (IE say, GPLv2 + > > some random restrictive clause) and thus incompatible with most actual > > open source licenses. > > > > Things like GPLv3 are fine to use, we just make people aware of what > > we will require of them if they use it (IE installation information > > requirements, etc), and they make a business decision whether they > > want to use it for their case. > What is your position about GNUstep were become BSD or MIT licensed? > > > > HTH, > > Dan > Alex > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnustep mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep >
_______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
