On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:21 AM, David Harvey <dmhar...@cims.nyu.edu> wrote: > > > > On Mar 6, 7:27 am, Robert Bradshaw <rober...@math.washington.edu> > wrote: > >> I would guess that sooner or >> later we will accept GPL3 packages into Sage, while still maintaining >> the GPL2-only version for a while (which will become more and more >> obsolete as GPL3 upstream packages evolve). Time will tell. > > I hope this is true.
Sage already includes numerous GPL3 packages, such as GSL and GNUTLS + friends. > My worry is that Sage does not have the developer > resources or willpower to maintain two separate versions. I think it > will get harder and harder, especially with all the forking activity > going on. You need not worry, especially if you think about what the GPLv2-only version of Sage is actually for. >> Let's clear up another misconception here. GPL v3+ software is NOT >> banned from Sage. This is explicitly stated online. >Where does it say this? Just look at Sage right now, which includes several GPLv3+ components. It is definitely a misconception that GPLv3+ software is banned from Sage. > The comments on this thread suggest that Sage >will not upgrade to the next release of MPFR solely because of the >license change, which suggests that a de facto ban on GPL3 code is in >place. That's not true. The comments on this thread suggest that there will be a version of Sage that includes only the GPLv2+ version of MPFR, and due to us actually caring about the quality of all versions of Sage we release, we will make an attempt at least to backport bugfixes. > > It just doesn't get included in the GPL v2+ version of Sage, > What do you mean, "GPL v2+ version of Sage"? Where can I download this > version? You can't. > As far as I know, there is only one Sage download available, > and it does not include any GPL3 code. It does. -- William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
