Release 2.1.0 beta. The license decision
Posted by Joe (joe) on Feb 08 2009
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Hello dear friends,

Our initial plans were to release 2.1 beta with the AGPLv3 license.

After following the discussion regarding AGPLv3 vs. GPLv3 in the license thread on the Whish-List forum, and after getting loads of emails, and after talking with people around us, we found that too many were afraid of the AGPLv3 license. We have therefore decided to release 2.1 beta with a GPLv3 license.

This was not an easy decision to make and the authors were not agreed either. We had to find a concensus and it was the GPLv3.

We are aware of that we are not satisfying all parties with this decision, but nevertheless the only difference between these two licenses is the ASP (Saas) loophole for networked scripts. The license is subject to change in next release if we find better solution satisfactory for all interested parties.

Many debaters in various forums feel that the AGPLv3 license is what the GPLv3 should have been. Maybe it will end here somewhere in the future.

So we are now releasing 2.1 beta again under the license GPLv3. As soon as the headers are ready this release (and utilities) will be available for download.

The Development Team
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Last changed: Feb 08 2009 at 11:14 am

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