On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Wouter Coene wrote: > You'd have to get every single contributor to agree on the license change, > and since at least Kevin is opposing, that won't work. So you might as well > give up.
As I understand it (and I might be wrong) one would not have to get everyone to agree. LGPL code can be included in a GPL project (and then becomes GPL code in that project), so one hypothetical option would be to fork the project into a new GPL one and "include" all the existing LGPL code from plex86 into it. However, that would be against Kevin's wishes (and the wishes of others I believe) and I expect would therefore lose the support of many developers and potential developers (including myself, despite the fact that I may not have a great deal to contribute right now) What I suggest to the people who want to include GPL code into plex86 is one or more of the following: 1) Write nicely to the authors of the GPL code asking if you can include all or part of their work in plex86, clearly stating that plex86 is and will remain LGPL. 2) Rewrite the required functionality yourself for inclusion in plex86. 3) Fork plex86 into a new GPL project and go away and do what you want with it, leaving the rest of us who believe it should be LGPL and/or support Kevin in his decision to make it LGPL to continue discussing it instead of constantly talking about fscking licenses. > Let's get this show on the road instead of whining and bickering about the > license. Here, here. Regards, Martin.
