Re: Move to LGPL3

2008-03-15 Thread Jean Bréfort
Le samedi 15 mars 2008 à 21:43 +0100, Christian Persch a écrit : > Hi Jean; > > Am Samstag, den 15.03.2008, 21:09 +0100 schrieb Jean Bréfort: > > Hmm, and what will happen to applications using at least one GPLv2-only > > libraries? > > This might indeed pose a problem, though I'm not sure how m

Re: Move to LGPL3

2008-03-15 Thread Matthias Clasen
On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Behdad Esfahbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My take on it is that it's breaking our interface. I'd fine if we tell > the world that we are going to do the switch in three years from now and > stick to it, but changing tomorrow is like changing stable API tom

Re: Move to LGPL3

2008-03-15 Thread Paul Pogonyshev
Behdad Esfahbod wrote: > My take on it is that it's breaking our interface. I'd fine if we tell > the world that we are going to do the switch in three years from now and > stick to it, but changing tomorrow is like changing stable API tomorrow. > Just deprecate the old license now, remove it in 3

Re: Move to LGPL3

2008-03-15 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 21:48 +0100, Tim Janik wrote: > On Sat, 15 Mar 2008, Andrew Cowie wrote: > > > This topic was discussed recently on foundation-list. > > > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2008-March/msg00032.html > > > > In summary, attempting to relicence the library would b

Re: Move to LGPL3

2008-03-15 Thread Tim Janik
On Sat, 15 Mar 2008, Andrew Cowie wrote: > This topic was discussed recently on foundation-list. > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2008-March/msg00032.html > > In summary, attempting to relicence the library would be, in practise, > impossible. > > No further benefit is gained by

Re: Move to LGPL3

2008-03-15 Thread Christian Persch
Hi Jean; Am Samstag, den 15.03.2008, 21:09 +0100 schrieb Jean Bréfort: > Hmm, and what will happen to applications using at least one GPLv2-only > libraries? This might indeed pose a problem, though I'm not sure how major it is. I have to admit that it is however not a theoretical problem, since

Re: Move to LGPL3

2008-03-15 Thread Christian Persch
Hi; Am Samstag, den 15.03.2008, 21:16 +0100 schrieb Andrew Cowie: > This topic was discussed recently on foundation-list. > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2008-March/msg00032.html > > In summary, attempting to relicence the library would be, in practise, > impossible. Your lin

Re: Move to LGPL3

2008-03-15 Thread Andrew Cowie
This topic was discussed recently on foundation-list. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2008-March/msg00032.html In summary, attempting to relicence the library would be, in practise, impossible. No further benefit is gained by discussing this topic further. AfC Berlin signature

Re: Move to LGPL3

2008-03-15 Thread Jean Bréfort
Hmm, and what will happen to applications using at least one GPLv2-only libraries? Regards, Jean Le samedi 15 mars 2008 à 21:03 +0100, ryan lortie a écrit : > Hello. > > After some talk at the Hackfest about it, I'm writing the list to > officially request that glib and GTK be moved to LGPL "ver

Move to LGPL3

2008-03-15 Thread ryan lortie
Hello. After some talk at the Hackfest about it, I'm writing the list to officially request that glib and GTK be moved to LGPL "version 3 or later". The reasons for this are the increased clarity in the language of the license plus the ability to accept LGPL3 code into glib/gtk ((since it seems l

Re: exporting _gtk_selection_request for selection manager use

2008-03-15 Thread Xavier Toth
Thanks I'll look at the gnome-settings-daemon. A little background, the problem I'm looking to address is the one related to MCS/MLS policy in the SELinux world where you are copying and pasting between windows of different contexts and or levels. In particular my concern is MLS where you need a 'm

Re: exporting _gtk_selection_request for selection manager use

2008-03-15 Thread Matthias Clasen
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Xavier Toth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm working on a secure selection manager based on glipper. What it > needs to be able to do is intervene and make a security determination > when a paste is requested. 'glipper' currently monitors clipboard > ownership ch

Re: Minutes: Foreign OSes BoF

2008-03-15 Thread Dominic Lachowicz
On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 4:18 AM, Tor Lillqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Relatedly, I believe we should also consider bundling the 'native' > > pixbuf loaders that have seen the light of day recently. > > Sure. Will do soonish for the Win32 GDI+ one. I've just committed proper support for

Re: Minutes: Foreign OSes BoF

2008-03-15 Thread Richard Hult
Matthias Clasen wrote: > 2008/3/13 Alberto Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> * Engines: both needs some love, the win32 one is almost into an acceptable >> shape, whereas the Mac OS X one still nees some love, although it's getting >> along pretty well. > > There is an os x theme engine ? Where is

Re: Minutes: Foreign OSes BoF

2008-03-15 Thread Tor Lillqvist
> Relatedly, I believe we should also consider bundling the 'native' > pixbuf loaders that have seen the light of day recently. Sure. Will do soonish for the Win32 GDI+ one. --tml ___ gtk-devel-list mailing list gtk-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gn