Re: [Fsfe-uk] tender for gpl archiver

[Graham Seaman]

Graham Seaman wrote

> > Well, that's why I asked if it was on topic (by virtue of the gpl 
> > requirement) - I wasn't sure quite how unusual it was. It surely must 
> > have happened before - eg lgol-net ( http://www.lgolnet.org/ ) - I'm 
> > sure they didn't develop it first and then suddenly decide to use the 
> > gpl; it must have been part of the original requirements.
Answering my own question, this seems to be approved by the Office of 
the Deputy Prime Minister:

"The vast majority of the LAWs products are available under the Gnu 
Public License (GPL) already, and the project has taken advice on the 
pros and cons of this approach. We do not expect to have to do further 
work on licensing in this strand, but merely ensure that the work done 
in the medium- and longer-term sustainability of the LAWs products 
continues within this licensing framework."


Taken from: http://www.laws-project.org.uk/docs2.shtml (dated Oct 20th 2004)

(unfortunately there's no new gpl-ed projects to come from this, but at 
least there's proper continued development and
an attempt to build a user community round the existing code - it's not 
just abandonware, and the gpl stays. Bet M$ are
annoyed at the precedent :-)

Cheers
Graham



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