Jeremy White wrote:
Folks,
Some recent events have occurred that have made me change my opinion about a Wine license change.
However, with some recent events I cannot disclose, it is clear to me that the opportunity for Wine to be used in a proprietary product is too tempting and has caused some harm to the Wine project. Based on experience, I feel strongly that the potential for harm is great enough that CodeWeavers needs to take two actions. First, we would like to release all new code we develop under an LGPL style license. Second, I would like to open another call for a license change and thereby strongly add my voice to Alexandre's.
If you can't be specific , then I can't lend any weight to your claim. You say there is a potential threat, but for all I know your just trying to scare everyone into a quick decision.
When Alexandre last brought up this issue, he was very disappointed. He felt that there was not enough support from the 'silent majority' of Wine developers for a license change. His overriding lament to me was 'No one cares'. He further felt that since a small number of major Wine contributors objected, that it was not appropriate to change the license.
I would like to ask for a more formal process. I would like each and every contributor to Wine to send Alexandre a private email with an 'Agree' or 'Disagree' opinion, so that he can more truly assess what the contributors to Wine really want. The specific question I wish to pose is as follows:
This is ridicules.. If you have something to say then post it to this group. Private emails to Alexandre aren't going to stimulate meaningful conversation.
Finally, in closing, I wanted to summarize our position. We plan to release our future work under an xGPL style license, and we would like the rest of the Wine community to join us. If the bulk of the community wants to stick with the current license, then we will probably end up making a separate CVS development tree. Anyone would be free to use our work from that tree, under the xGPL-style license terms the FSF's lawyers recommend.
So lets get this straight, if no one wants to change to the LGPL you'll fork the code? I don't have anything necessarily against the LGPL, but your email sounds all wrong.
Daniel Walker