Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] GPL v3? Other license options?

2007-08-17 Thread Chris Travers
Hi Stroller; On 8/17/07, Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 17 Aug 2007, at 17:39, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > Chris Travers wrote: > >> I have been trying to formulate my thinking about whether this > >> project > >> should upgrade the license to version 3 of the GNU GPL. > > > > At this

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] GPL v3? Other license options?

2007-08-17 Thread Stroller
On 17 Aug 2007, at 17:39, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Chris Travers wrote: >> I have been trying to formulate my thinking about whether this >> project >> should upgrade the license to version 3 of the GNU GPL. > > At this time we need to be focusing on development of the product and > not whether

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] GPL v3? Other license options?

2007-08-17 Thread John Hasler
Ed W wrote: > I'm sure I'm not alone? Is there a summary anywhere? Chris Travers writes: > No you are not. I would check Wikipedia and the FSF's information > (though I question the accuracy of both). There is no authority for the meaning of a legal document other than the document itself (and

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] GPL v3? Other license options?

2007-08-17 Thread Chris Travers
On 8/17/07, Ed W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chris Travers wrote: > > I have been trying to formulate my thinking about whether this project > > should upgrade the license to version 3 of the GNU GPL. > > > Can someone point me to a summary of what V3 actually says? V2 is > poorly understood at

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] GPL v3? Other license options?

2007-08-17 Thread Joshua D. Drake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ed W wrote: > Chris Travers wrote: >> I have been trying to formulate my thinking about whether this project >> should upgrade the license to version 3 of the GNU GPL. > At this time we need to be focusing on development of the product and not whe

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] GPL v3? Other license options?

2007-08-17 Thread David Boyd
Here is a link that does an ok job, if your interested. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License db On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 14:01 +0100, Ed W wrote: > Chris Travers wrote: > > I have been trying to formulate my thinking about whether this project > > should upgrade the license t

Re: [Ledger-smb-devel] GPL v3? Other license options?

2007-08-17 Thread Ed W
Chris Travers wrote: > I have been trying to formulate my thinking about whether this project > should upgrade the license to version 3 of the GNU GPL. Can someone point me to a summary of what V3 actually says? V2 is poorly understood at the best of times, and although I have followed the