On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Sage is wonderful and important open source software.  I'm glad it is
> under the GPLv2.

> I'm wondering if there is any recognition of potential future issues
> with "GPLv2 only" licensed code.

Sage is absolutely definitely not licensed "GPLv2 only".

> Are any of the big irreplaceable packages like Maxima under "GPLv2
> only" licenses?  That'd be troublesome.

There is nothing in Sage that is licensed "GPLv2 only".

Everything in Sage is compatible with "GPLv2+", which means "GPLv2 or any later
version of the GPL, at the option of the user".

  -- William


-- 
William Stein
Associate Professor of Mathematics
University of Washington
http://wstein.org

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