Hello, I would like to extend the unicorn license from (GPLv2|Ruby terms) to (GPLv2|GPLv3|Ruby terms).
Zed and Evan are still the authors of much of the HTTP parser code in unicorn and some of the tests, so I'm asking you guys first. I would also like to license kcar[1] in the same way since it's a fork of the unicorn parser (for client-side usage). Adding GPLv3 would allow AGPLv3-only applications to be bundled with unicorn and distributed. This would be useful for people distributing complete devices running AGPLv3 apps on unicorn. I'm a supporter of strong copyleft licenses and I want unicorn to be distributable with applications with strong copyleft licenses. Furthermore, I (or whoever replaces me as project leader when I die) would like to have the option of adding compatibility for newer versions of the GPL (as published by the FSF). I'm /not/ asking for a "GPLv2 or later" clause since that would give the FSF too much power for GPLv4. I'm not at all interested in adding licenses other than future versions of the GPL. Even though I support AGPLv3 for user-facing applications, I do /not/ want infrastructure like unicorn to be under the terms of something like the AGPLv3. I'll email the other contributors who have more trivial contributions if you guys agree. Thanks! (Please Cc: [email protected] when replying to keep this public, thanks!) [1] - http://bogomips.org/kcar/ -- Eric Wong _______________________________________________ Unicorn mailing list - [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-unicorn Do not quote signatures (like this one) or top post when replying
