Roland Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > >>>>> "dv" == dominik vogt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > dv> With the next fvwm release, I plan to modify the license on > dv> the parts of fvwm that I have written: > > dv> Using my code will be allowed under the terms of the GNU > dv> Public License for: > > dv> - private use everywhere, > dv> - use by non-government organisations that have humanitarian > dv> goals or fight against all forms of war, > dv> - use by anybody in the countries that do not dispatch > dv> military forces against Iraq. > > dv> Using fvwm is explicitly forbidden in any country that does > dv> send military forces against Iraq: > > dv> - in their public administration and government > dv> - in educational institutions and research istitutes > dv> - in companies. > > I used to use fvwm 1, long ago, and then fvwm2 on my Sparc IPCs. > Eventually I switched to Enlightenment since it came with RedHat and > let me do most of what I had been doing with fvwm2. With RedHat 8.0, > this was no longer the case, and I went back to fvwm2, using the beta > version to get Gnome session managment. Additionally, fvwm2 lets me > run a very light-weight session which is useful for some of the > graphics applications I am using. > > With this change in licensing, I can no longer use fvwm2 for the > computer in my office since it is a company computer. It can be > reasonably argued that my "home" computer is also disallowed since I > do consulting work on that computer. In short, even thought is > requires some work to get fvwm onto my RedHat system, it was worth it. > Now it is about to be forbidden. > > As a result, I've switched to KDE and am now trying to figure out how > to get all my old shortcuts, menus, and behavior working. I'm not > going to try to argue you out of your position, but you need to know > what the effects of your choice are and that's all I'm trying to > convey. > > I will also be dropping off the list soon, there's little point in my > staying since I no longer have any stake or interest in fvwm2.
Slow down. The license hasn't changed, and I predict it won't change. -- Dan Espen E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
