Ben Noordhuis wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 08:40, Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nus...@suse.de> wrote: > > Note that id released ET with GPLv3+ license whereas ioquake3 is > > GPLv2+. So porting stuff from ET to ioq3 would make ioq3 GPLv3 too > > which should be avoided IMO. > > "Quake III Arena source code is free software; you can redistribute it > and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as > published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the > License, or (at your option) any later version." > > Id Software didn't scratch the 'any later version' bit so doesn't this > mean that ioquake3 is covered by the GPL v3 as well?
It means you can license ioq3 under GPLv3 too, yes. As soon as you actually include GPLv3+ code in ioq3 you can't take that code and use it in a GPLv2 project anymore though. Ie all ioq3 forks (Tremulous, XReal etc) that regularly merge ioq3 or even just backport e.g. security patches also would get infected by the GPLv3. Not everyone is happy with GPLv3 so forcing it on someone else's project isn't nice. cu Ludwig -- (o_ Ludwig Nussel //\ V_/_ http://www.suse.de/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) _______________________________________________ ioquake3 mailing list ioquake3@lists.ioquake.org http://lists.ioquake.org/listinfo.cgi/ioquake3-ioquake.org By sending this message I agree to love ioquake3 and libsdl.
