[Scummvm-devel] ScummVM License as GPL3

[Einar Johan Trøan Sømåen]

As stated in the other thread, I'm against moving to GPLv3, I'll repaste
here for reference:

The major reasons why boil down to:
* I don't like licenses I can't read and grasp, the legalese involved in
GPLv3 gives me a head ache.

* I might be clashing politically with the copyleft movement on this, but I
personally prefer permissive licenses, even though I've accepted GPLv2 as a
fair middle ground (since it is fairly compatible, and not too complex to
grasp).

* I also get the feeling that GPLv3 has scared some companies/people by
it's sheer complexity, which I feel is a bit... problematic, in my mind
software is meant to be used, and preferably attract new developers, the
larger mind share involved behind GPLv2 weighs more heavily to me than the
political benefits of GPLv3.


2016-02-28 11:58 GMT+01:00 Eugene Sandulenko <sev at scummvm.org>:

> Team,
>
> To bring back the discussion of changing license of ScummVM.
>
> I did not see any strong opinions, but I could miss something. The thread
> seems just got withered.
>
> So, to make it short.
>
> Who is against changing the ScummVM license to GPLv3+, and what are you
> argument against?
>
>
> Eugene
>
>
>
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