[dokuwiki] Re: GPLv3
- From: "Andreas Gohr" <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:19:28 +0100
>> I'm looking to use DokuWiki in a corporate application, and the current
>> GPLv2 is acceptable to our legal department. However, a GPLv3 would not
>> be.
Interesting, can you explain why?
> Iirc, this has been discussed briefly before and there was no pressing need
> to change. Kind of, what's good enough for Linus is good enough for
> Dokuwiki.
Correct. Just for the record I sum it up again: Dokuwiki is licensend
under the GPL Version 2 only (not any later version of your choice).
To change the license we would need to ask all copyright owners for
permission or rewrite their code. DokuWiki uses code from a *lot* of
contributors. I see no benefit in changing the license that would
justify such a step.
Andi
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