On 9/24/07, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I contributed under that assumption. I don't like GPL v2 or later, I > > might be closer to GPL v2 or v3 than that. Overall, I agree with > > Joel's comments earlier in this thread. > > Wait, are you saying that you would not allow your code to be re-licensed > "GPL v2 or later" for Sage? Or, are you just saying you don't like it, > but you would do it.
At this time I'm just saying that I don't like it. > There's no way I'm going to do "GPL v2 or v3 only". It doesn't solve > anything, > since they same problem will come up again in a few years, and it > will vastly more difficult to move forward since people will be so > hard to contact. That could effectively kill Sage. The options are either > "GPL v2 or later" (and remove any code from Sage that can't be relicensed) > or "fork GMP and GSL". I don't like either option at all, and I right now I > really hate the FSF for forcing this crap on me. But that's the situation > we're in. I know, but this only makes me *more* hesitant to be happy with the switch. I understood the plan was to ignore the issue for the time being, and see how other projects react. I think this was a good idea, and I think it's still feasible to wait and see. The fact that GMP and GSL have switched to GPLv3 is not the reaction of other projects, but rather the problem itself. I'd rather take a decision based on what *other* players do, rather than what the FSF does (which we knew well in advance). Anyway, GMP has been stale for... 5 years? And I gather that GSL is not critical. Maybe someone else will fork GMP in the coming months, or maybe GMP will stay frozen. We never know... Just my 2 cents. Gonzalo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
