To Nicu: Thanks for clearing that up!
Nicu Buculei wrote:
John Boyle wrote:
To Nicu: Where does that leave those who do not want to or cannot
switch? For instance, all those who cannot get their computers to
accept 2.2.1 now? :-(
I do not understand your question. The version of the license has no
direct relation with the bugs/features in the software.
*If* OOo will ever switch to a new version of the license (and for now
we don't have any indication this will happen), the change will NOT
act retroactively, old release will remain under their old license and
nobody is forced to upgrade if he does not want to.
On top of that, both LGPL 2.1 and LGPL 3 does not impose *any*
restriction on usage, they affect you *only* if you intend to modify
the code and redistribute it.
Nicu Buculei wrote:
jonathon wrote:
All:
a) Is OOo going to switch to LGPL 3.0, or will stay with
LGPL 2.1?
This is ultimately Sun's decision, thy can make it grace to the JCA.
The community *may* have a word and influence this decision (either
way, to stay or switch but I am afraid this will be a politic
decision in the end, made by the top management)
b) What will happen to code that is submitted using the LGPL
3.0 licence?
3.0 is incompatible with 2.1, so obviously, code under this license
can't be accepted.
I guess contributing a lot of valuable new code under 3.0 can be a
good way to influence a switch decision from Sun.
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