Re: mod_lisp support for guile-www

[Neil Jerram]

Thien-Thi Nguyen <address@hidden> writes:

>    I note that Guile-WWW's license is GPLv3+, whereas the Guile
>    distribution as a whole is LGPLv3+.  I'm not sure if that's a problem or
>    not; I think I remember hearing that there are already other pieces of
>    code that came from guile-library and that have different licenses.
>
> I think it is better not to combine these for licensing reasons.  I
> consciously chose GPLv3+ and would be disappointed to see Guile-WWW
> revert to any lesser license.

Hmm...  Technically (following Ludo's answer) there is no program with
Guile-WWW staying GPLv3+, even if it is combined with the Guile
distribution.

But then there's also the question of copyright assignment and
ownership.  If it works for you to keep the copyright, you will have
continuing control of the license.  But if you assign the copyright, it
becomes the FSF's choice in future, presumably guided by what the
maintainers at the time say.  (Personally I'd choose to respect your
wish as long as there wasn't some overriding reason not to, but none of
us can bind future maintainers.)

> Apart from the licensing, there is a good technical reason: separation allows
> Guile-WWW to be used by other Guile versions.  (I'm still playing w/ Guile
> 1.4, for example.)

That's fair enough, of course.

Overall, I'd say it looks like the best thing for now is for Guile-WWW
to stay with you.

Regards,
     Neil