Re: Moving to GPLv3

[Gregory John Casamento]

Fred,

I'm going to respond to these one by one:

> Status of back
> ==============
> 
> Tools
> -----
> font_cacher LGPL2 and includes directly a file with LGPL2
 
Is the included file that is LGPL2 assigned to the FSF?

> gpbs GPL2, includes a file with LGPL 2 which could be removed without
> loosing functionality

Same concern as above... if the answer is no, then we should consider removing 
the code.  I need to ask the FSF what we need to do for libraries or code that 
is GPLv2 that is in the GNUstep repository, but is not assigned to the FSF.  

> Source
> ------
>
> Mostly our own LGPL 2 code with copyright by the FSF.

okay.

> In x11 we link with xdnd.c which has LGPL2 or later but copyright:
> "Copyright (C) 1998  Paul Sheer".

Hmmm... this one we need to discuss.

> The files from wraster also have LGPL2 or later and copyright:
> "Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Alfredo K. Kojima".

Are these files that were taken from WindowMaker?  I was of the understanding 
the WindowMaker is also a GNU project, but I could be mistaken.

> For the old xdps backend we have one file with
>"(c) Copyright 1991-1994 Adobe Systems Incorporated".


I believe, at this point, we can declare the xdps backend pretty much dead.   
It relies on DGS which is no longer under development.   I won't turn this into 
a discussion of the merits of such a system...  that's really for another 
thread.

> Status of gui
> =============
> 
> Tools
> -----
>
> All GPL2 or later and copyright by FSF.

Excellent.

> ColorPickers
> ------------
>
> All GPL2 but should maybe be LGPL2. Depending on how we view bundles.

I believe that this is correct.  Bundles can be viewed like libraries.  I'm not 
sure how the FSF would interpret this since they are essentially linked at 
runtime.  I believe it's better to err on the side of caution and make it LGPL.

> Model
> -----
> 
> nib2gmodel is LGPL2 or later. Perhaps this should be GPL2.
> The rest is also LGPL2 or later.

Okay.

> Source
> ------
> 
> NSBezierPath contains a bit of code based on code with LGPL2 or later
> from Libart_LGPL - library of basic graphic primitives
> Copyright (C) 1998 Raph Levien.

I don't think this will be an issue, but I'll look into it.

> The rest still needs to be checked.

Very good, excellent work... thanks.

> My suggestion would be to put everything in gui and back into LPGL even
> tools and bundles. This will make the reuse of code a lot easier.

I would like to see what the other maintainers say with respect to doing this 
before making any final decisions to universally move everything to LGPL.

I will need to get into the specifics of some of the cases that you mention to 
determine if everything is okay for the move.

Thanks very much,
--
Gregory Casamento

----- Original Message ----
From: Fred Kiefer <address@hidden>
To: Gregory John Casamento <address@hidden>
Cc: GNUstep Developers <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:58:48 AM
Subject: Re: Moving to GPLv3

Gregory John Casamento wrote:
> All, 
> 
> I am going to start reviewing those parts of GNUstep that I am a direct 
> contributor to for movement to the GPLv3 or LGPLv3 where appropriate, namely 
> gnustep-gui and Gorm.   Fred, please help me look at gui for any issues 
> regarding this move.  I believe for those packages it will be simple.
> 
> I would like all of the maintainers for other parts of GNUstep to do the same 
> and report back if there are any issues with moving to the new license.
> 
> I expect that the transition will be smooth.
> 

Status of back
==============

Tools
-----

font_cacher LGPL2 and includes directly a file with LGPL2

gpbs GPL2, includes a file with LGPL 2 which could be removed without
loosing functionality

Source
------

Mostly our own LGPL 2 code with copyright by the FSF.

In x11 we link with xdnd.c which has LGPL2 or later but copyright:
"Copyright (C) 1998  Paul Sheer".
The files from wraster also have LGPL2 or later and copyright:
"Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Alfredo K. Kojima".

For the old xdps backend we have one file with
"(c) Copyright 1991-1994 Adobe Systems Incorporated".



Status of gui
=============

Tools
-----

All GPL2 or later and copyright by FSF.

ColorPickers
------------

All GPL2 but should maybe be LGPL2. Depending on how we view bundles.

Model
-----

nib2gmodel is LGPL2 or later. Perhaps this should be GPL2.
The rest is also LGPL2 or later.

Source
------

NSBezierPath contains a bit of code based on code with LGPL2 or later
from Libart_LGPL - library of basic graphic primitives
Copyright (C) 1998 Raph Levien.


The rest still needs to be checked.


My suggestion would be to put everything in gui and back into LPGL even
tools and bundles. This will make the reuse of code a lot easier.

Cheers
Fred







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