Re: [Gimp-user] Future of Gimp ?

2006-12-13 Thread operator




That's great! I really like that
idea :-) 
operator


David Marrs wrote:

  Anthony Ettinger wrote:
  
  
On 12/8/06, Jerry Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


  I light of the Microsoft/Novell agreement and all of this talk about GPL
3, I was just curious if the gimp team has had any discussions on
whether they will be moving to GPL 3 whenever it is completed.
  

What are the implications? I haven't read about the MS/Novell  GPL 3 thing.



  
  There was talk of adding a clause to v3 that would help secure free software 
against patent trolls in such a way that if Company A promises not to sue 
Company B for using an infringing algorithm in a GPLed application, that promise 
has to extend to every user of that application.

In other words, if MS promise not to sue Novell over Mono, implicit in that 
agreement is the promise not to sue me over Mono, regardless of whether I'm 
running SuSE or something else.

Personally, I'm in favour of GPLv3 anyway. All it's doing is closing loopholes 
that enable distributors to avoid granting me one or more of the freedoms I come 
to expect from free software.

Regards,
David
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Re: [Gimp-user] Future of Gimp ?

2006-12-12 Thread David Marrs
Anthony Ettinger wrote:
 On 12/8/06, Jerry Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I light of the Microsoft/Novell agreement and all of this talk about GPL
 3, I was just curious if the gimp team has had any discussions on
 whether they will be moving to GPL 3 whenever it is completed.
 
 What are the implications? I haven't read about the MS/Novell  GPL 3 thing.
 
 
There was talk of adding a clause to v3 that would help secure free software 
against patent trolls in such a way that if Company A promises not to sue 
Company B for using an infringing algorithm in a GPLed application, that 
promise 
has to extend to every user of that application.

In other words, if MS promise not to sue Novell over Mono, implicit in that 
agreement is the promise not to sue me over Mono, regardless of whether I'm 
running SuSE or something else.

Personally, I'm in favour of GPLv3 anyway. All it's doing is closing loopholes 
that enable distributors to avoid granting me one or more of the freedoms I 
come 
to expect from free software.

Regards,
David
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[Gimp-user] Future of Gimp ?

2006-12-08 Thread Jerry Baker
I light of the Microsoft/Novell agreement and all of this talk about GPL 
3, I was just curious if the gimp team has had any discussions on 
whether they will be moving to GPL 3 whenever it is completed.
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