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Re: The Great Licensing Discussion



On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:03:43AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> I'm not a current contributor but as user and potential contributor I'd
> prefer to see the project stay with GPLv2 and away from GPLv3.  BSD is
> ok but I prefer GPLv2 (or LGPL, or GPLv2 with stated exceptions).  IMHO
> GPLv3 is overreaching (it's patent clauses may constitute copyright
> abuse), unduly restrictive, overly complex, and nearly incomprehensible.

FWIW, this is also my position. I see nothing wrong with GPLv2 and no
pressing need to move to v3.

Pete
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