Benoit Hamet wrote: > Hi all, > > Sorry to jump into this, but : > > Sigurd Nes a écrit : >>> From: Dave Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: 2008-03-04 15:02:00 CET >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: SV: [phpGroupWare-developers] Coordination Team >>> >>> On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 14:30 +0100, Sigurd Nes wrote: >>>>> From: Dave Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> Sent: 2008-03-04 13:39:41 CET >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: [phpGroupWare-developers] Coordination Team >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 10:56 +0100, Sigurd Nes wrote: >>>>>> I'm happy with the team - it's just that sometimes I could wish I had >>>>>> a vote in decision processes rather than being told afterwards that >>>>>> some policy >>>>>> has changed. >>>>> I am not sure which policies you are referring to. The policies of the >>>>> project and release goals for 0.9.18 haven't really changed for a long >>>>> time. >>>> Well - how about licensing GPLv2 vs. GPLv3. (or what about AGPL?) >>> GPLv3 is a requirement of being a GNU package and was discussed here >>> back in July last year. The AGPL is a great license for something like >>> phpgw, but without rewriting large chunks of code we can't use it. >> Could we have things like that in the Developers Guide ? > I'm not sure to understand what you mean here ... "things like that" is > for the fact that being a GNU package has some well known constraints > (and lot's advantages IMHO), or that if you want to put some pieces of > code under another Licence than the official one it should be GPLv3 > Compliant ? Or another thing ? >
I'm thinking on rules for how to play in general. For the xGPL - as I understand it - the <quote>either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version</quote> is GPLv3 compliant. -Also (still my perception): The rationale behind LGPL, is that where there are alternative libraries available for the proprietary software - it is desirable that it is the GNU version that is preferred, and LGPL will allow the proprietary software to link to it. However, when a library provides a significant unique capability, releasing it under the GPL and limiting its use to free programs is preferred to promote the GNU variant. As I understand it - one can use all variants of the xGPL - not having to choose only one. My personal opinion is that the GPL could be replaced with AGPL wherever it is used - while LGPL has to stay as is (if appropriate for linking with other parties). Regards Sigurd _______________________________________________ phpGroupWare-developers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/phpgroupware-developers
