Hello PoDoFo users and contributors (BCC), I have a small status update regarding the PoDoFo LGPLv2+/MPL-2.0 re-licensing effort: of the 20[1] people with copyright claims on the PoDoFo library code we obtained 17 permission grants. Of the remaining 3, a couple were unresponsive (or we don't have an updated email contact). For one contributor we never found a valid email address. If you know any of these people please let us know privately. One or two contributors may have chosen to alter their name to protect their privacy.
The next steps: - As for the library code, we'll start by assuming that no more permissions will be granted: we'll thoroughly analyze the contributions of people whose permissions haven't arrived and determine if, and which, code will require a rewrite. Of course the names of these people will remain in AUTHORS.md as previous contributors; - As for the tools we will send a few more pending requests (around 5) to re-license tools to dual GPLv2+/MPL-2.0. There are currently no plans to use any of the tools code into the library, but MPL2 leaves a open door in case later some functionalities are chosen to be included in the library as extra (non core) functionalities. A final update will be sent once all the code that needs to be rewritten has been completed and the PoDoFo library (and possibly tools) is officially re-licensed. Best, Francesco [1] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1o6XRJowO_6nBnYZcgqu6YYp_UNS9x2qzYGUSMna6BXU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 _______________________________________________ Podofo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/podofo-users
