On Sep 25, 12:18 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hence, if Sage cannot function without GPL3 software, it *must* be licensed > under GPL3, and no other license. Therefore, "GPL2 or later" truly means > "GPL3" the instant that we include gmp4.2.2, no matter what we might tell > ourselves. Similarly, if there is a library which is GPL2 only, we cannot > include it once we've included gmp4.2.2. This is utterly ridiculous, but > apparently a fact of life.
What you're missing here is that gmp4.2.2 is not GPL3 licensed; it is LGPL3 licensed. I don't know of any SAGE component that is planning to switch to being GPL3(-only) licensed. Carl Witty --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
