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Re: mini vote
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Mark Wielaard |
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Re: mini vote |
Date: |
Sun, 22 Jul 2001 23:45:01 +0200 |
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Hi,
On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 12:18:43PM -0600, Tom Tromey wrote:
>
> Should the Classpath AWT be relicensed? Obviously we'd like to have a
> working AWT in libgcj. But on the other hand it isn't worth it, to
> me, if it causes a lot of contention and bad feelings about the gcj
> project. We'll eventually finish our AWT implementation. It isn't
> entirely clear that changing the Classpath license would make this
> happen more quickly.
I should be more clear.
First I have to give a real answer to the question that Brian asked
since I saw that I didn't do that explicitly in my last message.
Yes, I think it is a good idea to get all of Classpath under the same
license. That way there is less confusion and we will be able to join
the libgcj and classpath versions. I do think that we would be able to
finish a free AWT implementation quicker that way. But joining the
versions could also be done by relicensing the libgcj part.
Secondly I should explain that I work on Classpath since I want to help
the GNU project to get a free standard library for the Java language.
I do this in my own free time. Personally I like the GPL more then the
LGPL and I like the LGPL more then the GPL+exception. I understand that
it is sometimes strategic to distribute software under less powerfull
copylefted licenses or even under non-copylefted (but still free) licenses.
I also think that we should be very carefull when we change licenses,
it takes a lot a time and energy to make the right decissions.
Lastly please understand that I do not oppose changing any license.
(Nor am I in any position to veto any such decision.) And I appreciate
everything that the gcj project gave us very much and I hope that you
can see that by the time and energy that I spend on trying to integrate
the two project as much as I can given my limited time.
Cheers,
Mark
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