I do not see any real valid reason for moving from the GPLv2+ to GPLv3+.
Generally, switching licenses can cause a lot of problems, it is even worse
for any VNC system in a Linux distro because there are a lot of apps that
use GPLv2 and legally you throw a lot of apps in hot water. I would strongly
suggest that we leave the licensing as-is, and if anyone wants to use it as
GPLv3, they can upgrade to that license at their prerogative, but leave the
main project code under its current licensing scheme. The Tivoization and
the patent deal stuff is a load of crock (I would use worse, but this is a
public mailing list) and Ourborous of FUD. Tivoization is not really a
problem with VNC, especially since to a certain extent, TigerVNC would
really be immune to such an issue. The patent deal thing is a huge
overreaction. And it is overreactions like these that cause more FUD than
Microsoft could ever produce.
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:15 PM, DRC <dcomman...@users.sourceforge.net>wrote:
> The main sections that I'm concerned about are the TightVNC codec
> sections, so leaving those as GPL v2 would be a compromise. I still
> don't really see any need for GPL v3 on the project as a whole, though,
> and I would vote against it until more of the OSS community is
> standardized around GPL v3.
>
>
> Peter Åstrand wrote:
> > I agree with what Pierre said in his earlier mail, but I like to add
> > that for specific parts, we always have the possibility of making
> > exceptions: We could mark specifik files or modules as GPLv2+, while
> > upgrading the rest to GPLv3. And of course, for things that we have
> > the copyright for, we can grant usage with other licenses, even
> > commercial ones. GPLv2 projects can also copy our source code as it is
> > today.
> >
> > So I believe we should migrate to GPLv3.
> >
> > Best regards, ---
> > Peter Åstrand ThinLinc Chief Developer
> > Cendio AB http://www.cendio.com
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> > 583 30 Linköping Phone: +46-13-21 46 00
>
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