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Re: [Erbot-discuss] GPLv3 for erbot
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Michael Olson |
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Re: [Erbot-discuss] GPLv3 for erbot |
Date: |
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:13:57 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
Dave Goel <address@hidden> writes:
> Sorry for being out of touch, but I understand that GPLv3 is out.. and
> I really like the new license :-)
>
> I understand that we don't even need a formal vote or process to
> switch - it is not a change of license or an "incompatible" switch at
> all. The previous erbot license (v2 or later) allows us the choice of
> distributing further under any license with is v2 or later.
>
> In particular, we can simply choose to distribute under 'v3 or later'
> from now on. This means that we can change the license of all gplv2
> files that we distribute with erbot to v3 or later, even those gplv2
> that may be 3rd party 'contrib' files. (Technically, we don't even
> need permission from their authors.)
>
> I figure we can give it some time for discussion, and then switch by
> the end of August, 2007?
Sounds good to me. By then, a new version of ERC will have been
released, and it will also be licensed under GPLv3.
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