Gerard Patel gerard.patel@nerim.net writes:
Theoretically yes. The project leader has a much higher chance to do it successfully in fact. Since he is fixing the rules in the first place he has to be more responsible IMO.
I don't know what gave you the idea I'm fixing the rules. The original license what chosen by consensus among the developers, the change to X11 was accepted by everybody. All I can do is propose changes, others can propose changes too; the change is only implemented if people accept it. I can only lead where people are willing to follow.
It's simply part of the existing rules that the rules can change.
trusting people is always a problem, yes.
Trust has absolutely nothing to do with it. Nothing gives you the right to demand that people continue to release their code under the X11 license. The existing code will always remain available, nothing can change that. For new code, if developers decide that they want to put it under the LGPL that is their choice, and if the majority think including LGPL code in the main tree is a good thing I'll do it, otherwise I won't.
I'm not doing it precisely because I *do* care what people think, and I won't make the change unless it is acceptable to at least a large majority of the people affected by the change (and yes that includes Transgaming).
it's for them (and possibly others professionals) to say then.
It's for *everybody* to say.