Le 23/08/2015 01:09, Brian Wolff a écrit :
> On 8/22/15, Tyler Romeo <tylerro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Brian Wolff <bawo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> For example, MediaWiki is intentionally GPLv2, not GPLv3.
>>
>>
>> MediaWiki is not intentionally GPLv2. It merely is v2 now and the community
>> cannot come to a consensus on whether to change it, thus it remains in its
>> current stagnant state.
> 
> I would consider that intentional. The status quo is intentionally
> staying as it is, because there isn't agreement to change it. (I'll be
> honest though, I don't really remember what the result was last time
> the whole GPL version thing was discussed)
> 
> Unintentional I would define as - everyone thinks its a good idea to
> switch, but nobody could be bothered to update the wiki page.

To be fair, the license is GPLv2 or later.

I am myself opposed to switch to GPLv3. Given the amount of code I own
in MediaWiki core, I think I am in a position to veto such a switch.

But I am not a lawyer.

-- 
Antoine "hashar" Musso


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