FSF Wastes Away Another "High Priority" Project
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FSF Wastes Away Another "High Priority" Project
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Re: FSF Wastes Away Another "High Priority" Project
#2This surprises anyone? As far as the FSF (or at least Stallman, which for all practical purposes is the same thing) is concerned, LibreCAD and FreeCAD are in the wrong here — for using one of the FSF's own licenses.
Stallman is a zealot, and this is what zealots do.
Re: FSF Wastes Away Another "High Priority" Project
#3> but the FSF/Richard Stallman doesn't the DWG library on the earlier version of their own open-source license.
I think they an important word.
Re: FSF Wastes Away Another "High Priority" Project
#4This surprises anyone? As far as the FSF (or at least Stallman, which for all practical purposes is the same thing) is concerned, LibreCAD and FreeCAD are in the wrong here — for using one of the FSF's own licenses . Stallman is a zealot, and this is what zealots do.
Well the FSF purports to be an organization that advances the cause of free software, so it's worth calling them on their bullshit. Not everyone thinks of them as a zealot organization even though it's headed by a zealot. Perhaps they should.
Also I think this issue might be fixable if there's enough outcry about it. And they really are in a tough situation because of this.
Re: FSF Wastes Away Another "High Priority" Project
#5This surprises anyone? As far as the FSF (or at least Stallman, which for all practical purposes is the same thing) is concerned, LibreCAD and FreeCAD are in the wrong here — for using one of the FSF's own licenses . Stallman is a zealot, and this is what zealots do.
> [T]his is what zealots do.
This, and rebelling against the Roman occupation of the Holy Land.
Re: FSF Wastes Away Another "High Priority" Project
#6Why are they bound to GPLv2? It was my understanding that original authors had the ability to relicense as GPLv3.
Re: FSF Wastes Away Another "High Priority" Project
#7Why are they bound to GPLv2? It was my understanding that original authors had the ability to relicense as GPLv3.
Not if other dependencies are GPLv2 only, which is what TFA suggests.
Re: FSF Wastes Away Another "High Priority" Project
#8> LibreCAD is GPLv2 licensed since it came out of code from the QCad Community Edition product from Ribbonsoft. It's bound to GPLv2.
The GPL has an upgrade clause.
> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Why doesn't this apply?
Re: FSF Wastes Away Another "High Priority" Project
#9When did the FSF change it from GPLv2 to GPLv3? It should be possible to go back to that version and fork it. Or is it applied retroactively?
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