Re: guile licensing niglets
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Hi Neil, > > Neil Jerram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Any comments? > > I agree with the proposed changes. Thanks, Ludo. These changes are all now in CVS (both 1.8.x and HEAD). Neil
Re: guile licensing niglets
Hi Neil, Neil Jerram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Any comments? I agree with the proposed changes. Thanks, Ludo'.
Re: guile licensing niglets
Hi and happy new year! ;-) "Julian Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Off-topic, but has there been any discussion of moving Guile to LGPLv3? There was a tiny thread on the topic some time ago: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel/6651/focus=6658 This message mentions "LGPLv2.5", which RMS suggested back then as a solution for libraries that might have GPLv2-only users. Eventually, I lost track of it, so maybe that possibility was deemed unnecessary? Karl? I suppose there are few, if any, GPLv2-only users, but I don't have any evidence. At any rate, I agree with Neil that this can wait (probably until the next major version?). Thanks, Ludovic.
Re: guile licensing niglets
Off-topic, but has there been any discussion of moving Guile to LGPLv3? Not that I'm aware of, but it's a good question :). Does anyone know if any GPLv2-only (not GPLv2-or-later) applications use Guile? That is the main question. Thanks, Karl
Re: guile licensing niglets
"Julian Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Off-topic, but has there been any discussion of moving Guile to LGPLv3? Unless I get pressure to do this, I'd prefer to postpone this for now. There are other aspects of the Guile plan/roadmap/whatever that I'd like to get a grip on first. Philosophically/politically, I'm happy that LGPLv3 is the right move for Guile. Are there any practical considerations that would encourage us to do this sooner rather than later? Regards, Neil
Re: guile licensing niglets
Off-topic, but has there been any discussion of moving Guile to LGPLv3? On Jan 20, 2008 4:13 PM, Neil Jerram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just received some queries about Guile's licensing from the FSF > folks. I think all of the following are just oversights, but if > anyone else has any input on them, please follow up. > > > [..] under the impression that Guile had switched completely to > > LGPL to 1.8, instead of GPL + exception. > > > > However, a few files in 1.8.3 (I admit I didn't check the dev sources) > > still have the exception text. My grep for special.exception turned up: > > libguile.h > > libguile/__scm.h > > libguile/_scm.h > > libguile/weaks.c > > srfi/srfi-39.scm > > doc/oldfmt.c > > I believe these are oversights, so would propose to update the license > text in these files to LGPL. > > > Also, there is a COPYING file in many of the subdirectories. This is > > rather unusual. One copy for the distribution would be sufficient. > > I propose to remove the non-top-level ones. > > > Also, the recommended name for the top-level COPYING.LIB is now > > COPYING.LESSER. > > I propose to make this name change. > > Any comments?