Re: Module proposal: Empathy for GNOME 2.24



On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 21:26 -0400, Hubert Figuiere wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 12:11 +1100, Andrew Cowie wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 09:26 -0400, Hubert Figuiere wrote:
> > > libmissioncontrol is LGPLv2 only. This is a problem as it prevent Gnome
> > > to ever move to (L)GPLv3.
> > 
> > So what?
> > 
> > LGPLv2 is Free Software. That is sufficient in our view. Even more so
> > because we are talking about the LGPL here.
> 
> It is not a problem of freedom but a problem of license compatibility.
> LGPLv2-only is NOT compatible with v3.
> 
> Let's not make mistakes and anticipate. The move to (L)GPLv3 is
> unavoidable, even though it is not instant.
> 
> Hub
> 
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Xavier C said there is been work done to add a dbus interface which may
work around this.

If it's not this instant what is the problem?
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Patrick Ohearn
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