<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">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.<br><br>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 :)<br><br>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:<br><br></span></div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"></span><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility</a><br><br>I </span></div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">tried reading </span><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">the </span></div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">GPL/LGPL 3</span><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"> when I was thinking about converting</span></div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">, then pick</span><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">ed</span></div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"> up a phone to call a lawyer to see how much he would charge to read it back to me in English</span><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">. GPL 2.1 is much more readable, IMHO. </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Furthermore, t</span></div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"></span><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"></span></div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">his is part of the difference:<br></span><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoization">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoization</a><br></span></div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></span><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Stallman has a point, but so does Torvalds.<br></span></div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"></span></div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 4:33 AM, Christian Schafmeister <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris.schaf@verizon.net" target="_blank">chris.schaf@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace">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.<br></span>
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