I'm one ILISP developer who has no problem with GPL'ing ILISP. I think the usual strategy of sending an email to all listed contributors at their last known address saying that "we plan to do this unless we here that you object by <some date>," and then making the change (assuming no complaints) should work fine.
Larry -- Lawrence Hunter, Ph.D. Director, Center for Computational Pharmacology Associate Professor of Pharmacology, PMB & Computer Science phone +1 303 315 1094 UCHSC, Campus Box C236 fax +1 303 315 1098 School of Medicine rm 2817b cell +1 303 324 0355 4200 E. 9th Ave. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Denver, CO 80262 PGP key on public keyservers http://compbio.uchsc.edu/hunter