Re: GNUstep Licensing.... GPLv2.1+ for apps instead of GPLv3

[Ivan Vučica]

Alessandro,

Considering Daniel's statement, I don't think the position would change.

Quoting:

> We do not specifically avoid GNUstep at all, for licensing, or any 

> reason.  In fact, GNUStep has been supported, along with thousands

> of other open source projects, through programs like GSOC.

Hence, there is no policy for or against use of GNUstep.

On Fri Jun 06 2014 at 8:20:49 AM, Alessandro Sangiuliano <alex22_7@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Il 05/06/2014 20:45, Daniel Berlin ha scritto:
> > Hi Greg,
> >
> >> Gregory Casamento <greg.casamento <at> gmail.com> writes:
> >> Hey Stefan,
> >> On Tuesday, June 3, 2014, Stefan Bidi <stefanbidi <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Yes, from what I hear one of them is a large search engine company based in
> >> mountainview.  And it's not the first one I've heard of.
> > I can unequivocally state this is not the case.  I'm not sure what
> > information you have, but i'm responsible for open source licensing
> > policy there, and have been for the past 8 years.  We do not
> > specifically avoid GNUstep at all, for licensing, or any reason.  In
> > fact, GNUStep has been supported, along with thousands of other open
> > source projects, through programs like GSOC.
> >
> > 
> >
> >
> >>> Would these companies and/or contributors be more inclined to
> >>> contribute to the project if portions of it were GPLv2 over GPLv3?
> >> Yes because there is apparently a no gplv3 policy in some conpanys
> >> due to gplv3 patent restrictions.
> > We have no such policy. In general, the only licenses we ban across
> > the board are those that are not actually open source (IE say, GPLv2 +
> > some random restrictive clause) and thus incompatible with most actual
> > open source licenses.
> >
> > Things like GPLv3 are fine to use, we just make people aware of what
> > we will require of them if they use it (IE installation information
> > requirements, etc), and they make a business decision whether they
> > want to use it for their case.
> What is your position about GNUstep were become BSD or MIT licensed?
> >
> > HTH,
> > Dan
> Alex
>
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