2008/12/4 Chris Meller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Michael Harris wrote: >> >> Yes, and it would be great to have somewhere shared to put that stuff. >> I might provide it myself if I get a chance. But there _is_ going to >> be stuff we won't host in -extras, even if we allow GPLv3, so it's not >> disallowing GPLv3 that's causing these problems. > > Such as? I can't think of a single thing that we'd not want to include. Even > if there were, that has nothing to do with splitting ASL-compatible hairs on > licensing.
Such as other non-ASL-compatible licenses. > Also as I said on IRC, providing a separate location to house only GPL > content is a stupid idea all the way around. It's an incredibly arbitrary > line drawn more than doubling the management complexity. Not only are there > now two "extras" repos, but we have to keep up with which plugins are in > which repo, enforcing the rules for each, and handle moving plugins between > the two. > > One repo, looser rules. There's no reason to exclude GPL, save a "spiritual" > one. I actually didn't suggest that the "other place" be managed by the community. >> I'm not saying anything about not liking GPL. I'm not talking about >> legal or technical. I'm talking about able to be comprehended at a >> glance. > > I still think it's very clear. If it's in Extras, it's ASL-compatible. What > more do you need to know? > > It's up to the person putting it in Extras to determine if it's GPL or any > other ASL-compatible license (or an incompatible license), just as if we > only included ASL-licensed content. There shouldn't be any additional > "overhead", and we've eliminated the "why not GPL?" question. GPLv2 stuff isn't ASL compatible, right ? So I can't just take a GPLv2 theme, port it, and put it in -extras. If GPLv3 is ASL compatible, I can change the theme and re-license it using GPLv3, then put it in -extras. This is exactly what I mean. That doesn't seem particularly straightforward to me, and it certainly doesn't pass the "at a glance" test. -- Michael C. Harris, School of CS&IT, RMIT University http://twofishcreative.com/michael/blog IRC: michaeltwofish #habari --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
