With the next fvwm release, I plan to modify the license on the parts of fvwm that I have written:
Using my code will be allowed under the terms of the GNU Public License for: - private use everywhere, - use by non-government organisations that have humanitarian goals or fight against all forms of war, - use by anybody in the countries that do not dispatch military forces against Iraq. Using fvwm is explicitly forbidden in any country that does send military forces against Iraq: - in their public administration and government - in educational institutions and research istitutes - in companies. These terms will be in force for the duration of the war plus one hour for every killed civilian. I can not bear the thought that my work has any part in killing people, no matter how small; for example at universities that further the development of weapons by their research. I am fully aware this is unjust towards many people, but killing is a much greater injustice. I will listen to suggestions to improve these licensing terms, though. Fvwm is distributed under the terms of the GNU Public License which enforces the same license on all modifications of the code. But there are central source files that have only been touched by me and for which I hold the copyright. Therefore I think I have the right to do this. The license of all versions in the past will not change and anybody may continue to work on fvwm on this base. Everybody who knows how much time I spent improving fvwm should know how difficult this step is for me. So, please, spare me any flares, especially of the anti-German type. Bye Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
