How exactly does the GPL3 harm ioquake3? Some parts of it could be not as useful for other projects, but what part of ioquake3 does it hinder?
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 5:12 AM, Ben Noordhuis <i...@bnoordhuis.nl> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 08:40, Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nus...@suse.de> > wrote: > > Note that id released ET with GPLv3+ license whereas ioquake3 is > > GPLv2+. So porting stuff from ET to ioq3 would make ioq3 GPLv3 too > > which should be avoided IMO. > > "Quake III Arena source code is free software; you can redistribute it > and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as > published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the > License, or (at your option) any later version." > > Id Software didn't scratch the 'any later version' bit so doesn't this > mean that ioquake3 is covered by the GPL v3 as well? > _______________________________________________ > ioquake3 mailing list > ioquake3@lists.ioquake.org > http://lists.ioquake.org/listinfo.cgi/ioquake3-ioquake.org > By sending this message I agree to love ioquake3 and libsdl. >
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