[PD-dev] GPLv3 and Pd-extended

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Since there was resounding silence on this issue, I am switching Pd- 
extended to GPLv3 now.

.hc

On Nov 28, 2008, at 7:50 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

>
> For the next release of Pd-extended, I think we should release it  
> under the GPL v3, so I am asking to see if there are any objections.
>
> This is my understanding of what this would mean: the only real  
> added restriction would be that things included in Pd-extended could  
> not be licensed "GPL v2 only", it would need to be licensed "GPL v2  
> or later" or BSD-style.  If Pd-extended is again released using GPL  
> v2, that means that no GPL v3 code can be included.
>
> So releasing Pd-extended as GPL v3 means that people can choose the  
> GPL v3 for code that is included, or they can totally ignore the  
> change, and keep the code as "GPL v2 or later" or BSD-style.
>
> Here's a bit of previous discussion on this:
>
> http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-dev/2006-11/007921.html
>
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