On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 03:15:28PM +0200, Sam Hocevar wrote: > On Tue, May 22, 2007, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > On ti, 2007-05-22 at 13:30 +0200, Sam Hocevar wrote: > > > 1. The GPLv3: the latest draft did not raise major objections from > > > -legal and despite its concerns with the strategies developed in some > > > sections, Debian does consider it DFSG-free. Debian will however not > > > push for its adoption, mainly because we still have much software that > > > is GPLv2-only in the distribution. > > > > Why it that a valid, or even relevant reason to avoid pushing GPLv3? > > Because software under the GPLv3 is incompatible with GPLv2-only > software, while "GPLv2 or above" software is compatible with both. Could someone make a page with GPLv2-only software, I'd be curious what would be affected. Maybe the easiest way would be to dump and format a page on the Wiki so that it could be commented upon? -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______|
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