Hi all, As most of you probably know the FSF will go through a design process for the next revision of the GPL this year (http://gplv3.fsf.org/). I have given some feedback on license/legal issues we have seen with the GNU Classpath and related projects (especially about what a pity it is that the ASL and EPL are Free Software licenses with additional or different restrictions from the GPL which makes easy sharing of code-bases difficult). Unfortunately I cannot make it to the v3 intro meeting at the MIT in Cambridge, MA, USA, on January 16-17. David asked me to see if someone else from GNU Classpath could make it:
> > I will ask around. But most hackers are coders, not legal > > enthusiasts :) What kind of input would be expected from them? > > We're interested in how they read the language (since the GPL is > written as much for programmers as for lawyers). And we would like to > hear stories about how licensing has affected various Free Software > projects. We want to bring together developers to create the best > license possible for the next fifteen years. So if you live around Boston and are able to attend the v3 intro meeting please register and share our stories (http://gplv3.fsf.org/launch). The FSF also made sure that there will be Apache and Eclipse people at the meeting. Cheers, Mark -- Escape the Java Trap with GNU Classpath! http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html Join the community at http://planet.classpath.org/
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