Contributing to Clasp and documentation

[Andrew Robin]

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.  Nothing I say is meant as legal advice.
Ask a lawyer if you need legal advice.  Et cetera, ad absurdum et ad
nauseum.

Yes, figure out what they mean!  Again, you have been a one man project.
When others start to contribute, that makes one+.  I know a lot of people
with small projects don't think much about these issues, but it does make
sense even when starting out.  I'm planning on keeping my code separate for
a while anyway.  You are in an enviable situation, Chris, no one ever WANTS
to help me :)

Make sure you have a reason for switching GPL versions--there really can be
a reason depending on your ethical position. Here is a handy compatibility
chart:

​
​https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility

I ​
tried reading
​the ​
GPL/LGPL 3
​ when I was thinking about converting​
, then pick
​ed​
up a phone to call a lawyer to see how much he would charge to read it back
to me in English
​.  GPL 2.1 is much more readable, IMHO.  ​
​Furthermore, ​t
​​
his is part of the difference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoization
​

​Stallman has a point, but so does Torvalds.
​

​​
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 4:33 AM, Christian Schafmeister <
chris.schaf at verizon.net> wrote:

> Up until now Clasp has been a one man (me) project.  I’ve borrowed a lot
> of code from Embedded Common Lisp (ECL) and it has an LGPL license so Clasp
> will keep the LGPL license although it may move to the 2.1 or 3.0 version
> of that license once I figure out what they mean.
>
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