According to his website (AFAIR) that license is for _names_ "ion" and "ion3". License for code is still GPL. If you rename the project, you may ignore that terms.
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 09:27:29AM +0100, Rémi Cardona wrote: > Le 15/12/2009 08:09, Ulrich Mueller a écrit : > >>>>>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2009, Peter Hjalmarsson wrote: > > > >> On the other hand this may be something for treecleaners? A package > >> that has not been bumped for 7 years? With at least three releases > >> since, and a bumprequest open for at least one year? A link to a > >> webside that does not exist? > > > > And both its sucessors x11-wm/ion2 and x11-wm/ion3 already punted two > > years ago. > > > > Wasn't there some licence issue with this package, too? > > That was with ion3 IIRC. Something about the author changing the license > from GPL to "don't patch ion3 ever without telling me about it and > showing me your patches so I can approve them". > > Or something similar, wikipedia/google might know more than me. > > As far as the original ion is concerned, the masking seems perfectly in > order. If someone wants it, that person can step up and do the work > (directly or via proxy). > > Cheers, > > Rémi
