Re: Copyright assignment requirement

[Derek Fawcus]

On Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 01:12:13PM -0400, Gregory Casamento wrote:
> > It could be interesting to switch back to v2+ though, it would be worth
> > discussing.
> 
> Actually this is something worth considering. I have thought many times
> that our move to GPLv3 was premature. It was a community decision, but one
> I initiated.   I think asking the FSF if we can move back to GPLv2.x+ isn't
> a bad idea.

I thought that GPL as opposed to LGPL was only used for the program/utilities
(e.g. gpbs, gdomap),  and that the Libraries were still on LGPL (v2.1)?

If so,  then what has actually changed in the programs since they were
changed to GPLv3?  If nothing,  it would be trivial to switch back.

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