On 01 Aug, Michael Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, [snip]
> Before we can release NetSurf 1.1 we need to sort out NetSurf's license. > The following has been proposed: > 1) Formalise GPL version 2 as being the GPL version which NetSurf is > licensed under. This may be found at > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html OK > 2) Come to an agreement about whether to permit the user to relicense > the software under future GPL versions. For reference, GPL version > 3 has been recently released. This may be found at > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html > * SEE NOTE BELOW * AIUI those GPL licences are getting more and more complex (IMHO version 3 is overly complex). I don't see any need for an 'updated' version of GPL version 2, so I prefer NetSurf to be released under GPL version without the clause to permit any later versions. i.e. > d) No, I do not want the relicensing clause at all and would > object if it were present. > 3) Include a specific exemption to permit linking against OpenSSL. OK, but I think the sooner we get rid of this, the better. It would be nice if OpenSSL could be replaced by GNU TLS (IMHO of course). BTW: <quote> 7.6 Compatibility with the OpenSSL library To ease GnuTLS' integration with existing applications, a compatibility layer with the widely used OpenSSL library is included in the gnutls-openssl library. </quote> Does this mean that the changes (to NetSurf) could be doable? Just curious. ;-) -- Stefaan Claes, Hove, Antwerpen, Belgium, Europe, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
