On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 11:18 +0800, Brian Cameron wrote: > Stephen: > > In my opinion, one concern is how well GPLv3 will be accepted by the > FreeSoftware community. In my discussions with maintainers of various > FreeSoftware projects (currently under GPLv2), they seem unsure about > whether they will want to move to GPLv3 or not. GPLv3 will only be a > good move, in my opinion, if it is accepted by the FreeSoftware > community. I think it is a bit early to tell, since GPLv3 isn't > done yet.
oh, there are high hopes it will be accepted. FSF betting on "GPLv2 or later" clause in source file headers. This blog entry is particularly useful: http://hritcu.wordpress.com/2007/01/06/gplv2-or-later/ > Brian > > > > Ugh. Here's the de-HTML'ed one.... Sorry..... > > > > In the last few months I've seen more and more speculation about the > > prospect of dual-licensing OpenSolaris under GPLv3. In November > > Jonathan very publically asked Rich if he would look into it, and > > everyone knows that we are fully engaged in the GPLv3 process. As Rich > > has made clear, we're looking into it. No decisions have been made. > > We've seen discussions in blogs and in the news, but I haven't seen much > > in the OpenSolaris community itself. > > > > I think that we ("we" being all of you) should be asking ourselves what > > we think about GPLv3. What would it > > mean to the community if we dual-licensed? It's now a possibility that > > we could attach an "assembly exception" > > to the GPLv3 which would let us mix GPL and CDDL code. This could open > > up a world of possibilities. > > > > But what are the downsides? What does the community, you, think of the > > way GPLv3 is taking shape? These are important issues and I urge > > everyone with an opinion to voice it sooner rather than later. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > -- Erast _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
