Re: GPLv3

[David Bateman]

Arno Onken wrote:
> John W. Eaton wrote:
>> If it is just .m files, then you can use any license you choose, as .m
>> files are not considered derivative works of Octave, so are not even
>> required to have GPL-compatible licenses.  However, I would certainly
>> encourage people to distribute code under GPL compatible licenses, and
>> I don't think that we should distribute any non-free software as a
>> package for Octave.
> 
> So just to clarify, is it accepted to license new/existing individual
> octave-forge code under GPLv3?

There is nothing stopping individual packages changing to GPLv3 if
Octave itself is GPLv3..

D.