Wine1.0 and LGPLv3?

Kai Blin kai.blin at gmail.com
Mon Mar 24 07:59:58 CDT 2008


On Monday 24 March 2008 13:47:10 Edward Savage wrote:
> >  I think the agreement from WineConf 2007 was to change as soon as
> > there's a reason to do so. So far it seems like there isn't.
>
> I've noticed this stance from several gpl projects and it worries me
> that every one is going to simply ignore the issues raised from gplv3
> until some project gets burnt and there will be a made rush by every
> one else to protect themselves.  What if wine is that project?

That's about the patent protection, isn't it? We'll have to consider that when 
Microsoft starts contributing patches. ;)

Cheers,
Kai

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