tobimensch/aqemu

Changing the license to GPLv3

tobimensch opened this issue · 16 comments

tobimensch commented

One of the things I wanted to do when this project was more active last time, was to change it from a GPLv2.0 only project to a GPLv3+ one.

I got approval by the original author Andrey Rijov to do so, and back then almost all code
was either written by him or me, so the license change would have been relatively easy.

This was also a reason why I was hesistant to accept too many pull requests, because if I ever was to go through with the license change, each one of those pull requests would make it just a little bit harder to get approval from all the past contributors for a license change.

Why GPLv3+? Because, while GPLv2.0only is a proven license, that also works greatly for the Linux kernel, GPLv3+ might be able to better adjust to new issues, such as the headache and mine field of software patents, and the + part makes subsequent license changes all the easier, if needed. I'm not really sure if it's worth the hassle to change the license, but if we could get approval by all contributors, then why not, right?

Any opinions on this?

I'm specifically pinging all contributors to this repository, to ask if all of you are okay with this license change.

@xsgordon @kpengboy @rworkman @melvyn2 @godofgrunts @ilia-kats @fcolista @Chocimier

If we're stuck at GPLv2.0, it wouldn't be the end of the world either.

Chocimier commented
melvyn2 commented
xsgordon commented

I agree to the GPLv3+ re-licensing of my contributions to aqemu.

fcolista commented

+1

R-Dron commented

I am the original author of the program.
I confirm, I am not against changing the license.

rworkman commented

I agree to the GPLv3+ re-licensing of my contribution(s) to aqemu.

ilia-kats commented

sure, go ahead

kpengboy commented

I agree to the GPLv3+ re-licensing of my contribution(s) to aqemu.

(For the record: all commits I have published at the time of this writing were authored at a time when I was not employed (the author date is correct and the commit date is misleading), therefore I hold copyright on those commits and can relicense them.)

godofgrunts commented

I didn't contribute any code so I don't think you actually need my permission, but I don't mind moving to GPLv3+.

aakashhemadri commented

Hey @tobimensch will this project be re-licensed? Since all the contributers have agreed?

tobimensch commented

@aakashhemadri
Likely yes.

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kpengboy commented

@tobimensch Are there any remaining blockers to implementing this?

@GermanAizek FYI

fcolista commented

+1 for me. Thx

GermanAizek commented

@kpengboy, I've read license v2 vs v3 difference, I don't mind. However, I accidentally specified MIT license in my fork because I did not know current one. I'll fix it now.

kpengboy commented

@melvyn2 to confirm, would you be willing to also relicense under any later version of the GPL beyond v3?

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melvyn2 commented

Works for me