> > > > > (Speaking personally, I'd love to see *FreeDOS* re-licensed under > something other than the GPL.) > > I don't honestly know if that's even legally possible now that Pat has > died. (Gotta love legalese, ugh. No, I'm not a lawyer.) > > Correct. Re-licensing the code base would require all contributors to agree to the change. And with Pat's death, there's no way to get Pat to agree to such a thing.
Also, I am unlikely to change my contributions to something other than GNU GPL. So that's a non-starter. But I don't think GNU GPL is a problem for many developers, as Rugxulo also explains: > I also don't think GPL hinders many potential contributors (versus, > what, BSD two-clause??). I'll admit that GPL can cause some practical > problems, in rare cases, but it also avoids or solves some other > practical problems (again, in some rare cases). > > FreeDOS seems to mostly focus on "four freedoms" (free/libre), aka GPL > or OSI. As long as we're as "free" as possible, I think we're okay. It > gives us the most advantages, and it helps the most people. But I > don't think splitting hairs on that end will (practically) improve > anything much, if at all. >
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