GPLv3

[Jim Gettys]

To be completely honest: we've not looked at the final GPLv3 at OLPC to
date (too busy), so do not have an opinion.  License change is fraught
with pain and suffering, and it isn't something we'll do lightly.  I
doubt we'll have cycles to look into it and discuss it seriously until
after FRS. 

We gotta get this machine out the door.  Which is a bigger/more urgent
fish to fry.

                                  - Jim


On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 05:36 -0400, Bernardo Innocenti wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 01:37:46AM -0400, Bernardo Innocenti wrote:
> >> Are we going to relicense Sugar and all the software
> >> specifically written for the OLPC under the GPLv3?
> > 
> > What would the benifit be?
> 
> The FSF rationale for the GPLv3 is given here:
>   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/rms-why-gplv3.html
> 
> Anyway, I was merely wondering rather than pushing for it.
> If you ask me, yes, I mildly prefer the v3 over the v2.
> 
-- 
Jim Gettys
One Laptop Per Child