Re: [phpGroupWare-developers] Re: Dirty play: copyright used as patent

[Sigurd Nes]

Giorgio Pioda wrote:
> Hi Sigurd
>
> Just to have a complete information...
>
> What about you and Resight? Do you also apply some kind of copyright / patent 
> for the trunk fixes ? The fact that your fixes are not uploaded is related to 
> the resistance against this semi-patenting approach?
The fixes have been offered many times over in a win-win scenario but they are 
being blocked.

I think the best solution for everybody would be to have the two repos 
synchronized - but that would mean that the system would have less constraints 
as I think developers should be free to do their work without imposed 
restrictions, and that best practice should be encouraged by advice and examples 
rather than by restrictions and intimidations.

The big issue now is the version of the GPL.
What I have been asking for is a delay in transfer to GPLv3 - not a permanent 
state - but it seems difficult.

Regards

Sigurd