Re: Module proposal: Empathy for GNOME 2.24

["Felipe Contreras" <felipe contreras gmail com>]

On 3/26/08, Hubert Figuiere <hub figuiere net> 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.

Then it's not an issue; it's a preference.

Are you going to threathen existing LGPLv2 projects to remove them from GNOME?

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Felipe Contreras