Hi, while thinking about my answer to Dimitry, I noticed that I might have been a bit too fast on my answer to Dan.
Bottom line: I've confused myself, and I need some time to clarify my thoughts, and stop confusing you. I think I will even ask the FSF/GNU, that's probably the most secure. Stay tuned... Eric Eric Lavarde - FreeMind wrote: > Hi, > > Dan Polansky said: >> Hello Eric, >> >> I guess I have misunderstood the topic of this thread. I now understand >> that >> you are trying to solve the issues documented at: >> >> 1. http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Licensing > Correct! > >> Another link worth considering: >> >> 2. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html >> >> Now, what is it that prevents relicensing FreeMind to GNU GPL V3? FreeMind >> is currently on V2+, so upgrading to V3 should be possible, as far as I >> can >> see. Are there any problems that an upgrading to GPL V3 would create? And >> are there any problems that such an upgrade would leave unresolved? > It would create problems, GPLv3 is not compatible with GPLv2... We would > need the same kind of exception (we would solve the Apache issues, but get > the GPLv2 issues). > > Eric > >> Best regards, >> Dan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Freemind-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freemind-developer
