Re: Packages, release notes, etc

[Tassilo Horn]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> With respect to license, I think it is not even possible for an Emacs
>> package to have a license different than GPL version 3 or later.
>
> Not exactly: the license can be different from GPLv3+, but it should
> be compatible with GPLv3+, indeed.

But what's the purpose of the copyleft when I can release a derived work
basing on GPL code under a GPL-compatible license which has no copyleft
anymore, e.g., Apache License, Version 2.0?

Bye,
Tassilo