On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 12:49 +0100, Maât wrote: > Sigurd Nes wrote: > > for the remaining license issue i don't understand why there is a > problem with GPL v3 > > can someone explain please ?
Sigurd wants to import felamimail from eGroupWare - which depends on PEAR code (which is PHP licensed code - read not GPLv2 or v3 compatible). His work around for the licensing issue is to play the same game as eGroupWare by telling people to download the PHP licensed code separately. This may actually constitute a GPL violation as there is expert opinion around which suggests include/require in PHP constitute static linking - regardless of if you distribute the code with it or not. Regardless of which license the project uses, I feel that it is totally unacceptable for a GNU package to attempt skirt around the requirements of the GPL in such a way. In addition to this the FSF has already indicated (and communicated this to Sigurd) that they would not support the project reverting to GPLv2 just so the project can use some GPLv2 only code. Sigurd has been playing divisive games around licensing for years, first it was suggesting using AGPL, then it was switching back to GPLv2. This is one of the reasons why I stopped working on the project, having to constantly deal with Sigurd and his stupid games. He may claim to be ignorant of the above issues, but that is crap it has been explained to him at length many times. As someone else has already suggested, Sigurd is free to take the GPLv2 code, fork and start his own project, and so long as he complies with the requirements of the GPL he is free to do as he wants. Good luck to those who continue on with the project, I just hope you have the patience and energy to deal with Sigurd and his games. Cheers Dave _______________________________________________ phpGroupWare-developers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/phpgroupware-developers
