Re: [glob2-devel] Version 3 of GPL license issued yesterday

[Martin Voelkle]

On 7/5/07, Cyrille Dunant <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thursday 05 July 2007 11.25:00 Kieran P wrote:
> > >you also need nuage and me and Rama and all the authors of the gfx.
> >
> > Thats just silly! Then there is 100's of people you need to get permission
> > from.
>
> Yes.
>
> > What if someone died?
>
> Copyright is inherited. You track their heirs and ask for permission.
>
> > Copyright exists up to 50 years in most
> > countries after someones death.
>
> Exact, per the terms of the Bern convention. The one that make GPL worth more
> than the electrons used to compose it.
>
> > Does that mean you can never upgrade (cause
> > in the 50 years after one persons death, someone else would have died :P )?
>
> Correct.
>
> > I say stick with the 3 month time period. If we have complaints in the
> > future, then we can discuss.
>
> You know, if you care about upgrading, you should also care about the law...

I agree. We can't say that anybody who has not done changes in the
last 3 months has no saying on the licensing of his contributions.

Let's not forget about non-trivial work commited by one of us, but
done by other people (translations, graphics). I guess the AUTHORS
file is complete in this regard.

Martin

PS: I hereby agree to relicense my contributions to glob2 under the
gplv3 license.