Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of ZynAddSubFX - savannah.nongnu.org

[Jaime E . Villate]

Hi,

Licensing under the "GNU GPL v2 only" is problematic.
Would you agree to license under the "GNU GPL v2 or later"?
The main motive is that in ten years from now the copyright
holder may not be reachable while the legal system has
changed and calls for a new version of the GNU GPL v2. When
that happens, licensing under the "GNU GPL v2 only" blocks
the software: it is impossible to upgrade to the new license.

If you want to, we can explain you in more detail
why Savannah only hosts "GNU GPL v2 or later" software.
If you have concerns about "GNU GPL v2 or later", We'd be
happy to address them too.

Also, please notice that "Linux" is just a kernel of a more complex system
that we like to refer to as GNU/Linux, to emphasize the ideals of the Free
Software movement.  Would you mind changing occurences of Linux as OS to
GNU/Linux? You can get more information at
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html

If you agree to license your software under "GPL v.2 or later" you can
register your project again. You can also choose any other GPL compatible
license from the list you find in the registration form.

Regards,
Jaime

On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 09:05:29AM -0400, address@hidden wrote:
> 
> A package was submitted to savannah.nongnu.org
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
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> 
> Nasca Paul <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: other
> Other License: The license is only GNU General Public License version 2, and 
> NOT other version of GNU GPL.
> Package: ZynAddSubFX
> System name: zynaddsubfx
> Type: non-GNU
> 
> Description:
> ZynAddSubFX is a powerful realtime, multi-timbral software synthesizer for 
> Linux. It has microtonal capabilities, and the instruments made by it sounds 
> like those from professional keyboards. The program has effects like Reverb, 
> Echo, Chorus, Phaser...
> 
> The license is: version 2 of the GNU GPL (and only v.2).
> 
> the webpage is:  http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net
> Download from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/zynaddsubfx
> 
> 
> Other Software Required:
> All requirements are free sofware under GNU GPL.
> They are: fftw, alsa, fltk.
> 
> Other Comments: