Re: Re: [phpGroupWare-developers] Goodbye

Sigurd Nes <[email protected]> Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:54:04 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.phpgroupware.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Dave Hall wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-10-02 at 23:50 +0200, Sigurd Nes wrote:
>> Chris Weiss wrote:
>>> Does Dan still own the name, or did he finally turn that over to the FSF too?
> 
> No Dan still owns the name.
> 
>> All kode is GPL (or compatible) of my knowledge. The only issue is that I think
>> we should remain on GPLv2 in order to still be able to use felamimail. For that
>> we need permission from FSF - which as I undestand it  - could be granted.
> 
> This has been explained to Sigurd in great detail by the FSF, they will
> not revert the project's license to GPLv2.  They also have issues with
> GNU packages using GPLv2 only code, which was also explained to Sigurd.
> 

I think it could be feasible if I could have the chance so communicate with FSF
without having Dave blending in. It is as i understand not an absolute.
We all know Dave's position on this - but as he is stepping back - we could have
a go at it.

After all - better than dead.


Regards

Sigurd