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Wesnoth struggles with App Store's GPL incompatibilitiesWesnoth struggles with App Store's GPL incompatibilitiesPosted Jul 22, 2010 7:21 UTC (Thu) by arctanx (subscriber, #59239)In reply to: Wesnoth struggles with App Store's GPL incompatibilities by KylePoole Parent article: Wesnoth struggles with App Store's GPL incompatibilities
If the aim is to get Wesnoth used by as many people and platforms as possible isn't the GPL the wrong license? Wouldn't it be a more accurate representation of the project's goals to attempt to relicense under a BSD-like license?
If the copyright-holding developers feel that the project should have that priority they would agree to such a change. If they don't agree because they're selfishly using Wesnoth as a vehicle to promote GPL software, then that's their call.
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Wesnoth struggles with App Store's GPL incompatibilities Posted Jul 22, 2010 8:03 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
Ah yes. Because everyone who'd prefer to use the GPL to BSD license is selfish. *That's* a fair characterization (not).
Wesnoth struggles with App Store's GPL incompatibilities Posted Jul 22, 2010 8:09 UTC (Thu) by arctanx (subscriber, #59239) [Link]
That was sarcasm based on the comments directed at Rusty on the list. Apologies if it wasn't clear. :)
(If I'm the one missing the sarcasm... well... darn)
Wesnoth struggles with App Store's GPL incompatibilities Posted Jul 22, 2010 11:54 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
No, I didn't notice any sarcasm, probably because I didn't try to read the list thread...
Wesnoth struggles with App Store's GPL incompatibilities Posted Jul 30, 2010 5:08 UTC (Fri) by SapientX (guest, #69307) [Link]
I suppose I deserve that, but if you read my later posts you would see that I apologized for my initial judgmental and ignorant accusation. Just in case you were wondering...
-- Patrick Parker a.k.a. "Sapient"
Wesnoth struggles with App Store's GPL incompatibilities Posted Jul 30, 2010 7:23 UTC (Fri) by rusty (✭ supporter ✭, #26) [Link]
> I suppose I deserve that, but if you read my later posts you would see
Yep that quote was unfortunate, but it stood out I think because the discussion has been so civilized. That's a big reason why Wesnoth is so fun :)
And I'd rather get flamed by Sapient than complimented by a non-contributor any day!
Cheers,
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