> Excuse me for interrupting a technical discussion, but I just wanted > to ask what is wrong with licensing Sage under GPLv3? Sage is a free > software, am I right. I thought that all GPLs are for free software and > that all of them do guarantee freedom to use and modify the software.
For one, there are subtle political differences between the two, involving the FSF and Microsoft, etc... (Some quick Googling will give you some idea of the issues.) I don't want to start a flame war or anything, just point out that some people prefer one version over another, and especially when funding is involved, you need to pay attention to these differences... -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
