[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       lilypond-user
Subject:    Re: Future of openLilyLib
From:       Jean Abou Samra <jean () abou-samra ! fr>
Date:       2020-09-22 21:25:09
Message-ID: b9c75557-4a16-1621-cd48-6980a080301d () abou-samra ! fr
[Download RAW message or body]

Hi all,

I guess the problem raised here is tough (is LilyPond a markup language
or a programming library, since you in fact mix notes and Scheme programs?).

Nevertheless, I'd like to make a point that seems to have been overlooked
so far: it's absolutely impossible to change the licensing of LilyPond by
now. There are 210 contributors in the Git repository. Adding an exception
to the LilyPond licensing would imply that we must get agreement from all
these contributors. This holds for openLilyLib too (the number of 
contributors
is in dozensor so).

Therefore, it's pretty pointless to discuss adding exceptions to LilyPond's
terms of use (GPL). We cannot do this from the legal point of view, as 
far as
I understand.

At any rate, ***I strongly urge everyone in this**thread to honor a 
one-day timeout***,
until the day after tomorrow. Discussions with repeated posts in short time
frames tend to spiral out of control pretty quickly; let's give everyone the
time to reflect so as to make the talk productive.

Please, no posts this evening and tomorrow. Let everyone cool down.

After that, we can calmly discuss the licensing issue in a separate thread,
as well as address Urs' original question.

Cheers,
Jean


[Attachment #3 (text/html)]

<html>
  <head>

    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  </head>
  <body>
    <p><tt>Hi all,</tt></p>
    <p><tt>I guess the problem raised here is tough (is LilyPond a
        markup language<br>
        or a programming library, since you in fact mix notes and Scheme
        programs?).</tt></p>
    <p><tt>Nevertheless, I'd like to make a point that seems to have
        been overlooked<br>
        so far: it's absolutely impossible to change the licensing of
        LilyPond by<br>
        now. There are 210 contributors in the Git repository. Adding an
        exception<br>
        to the LilyPond licensing would imply that we must get agreement
        from all<br>
        these contributors. This holds for openLilyLib too (the number
        of contributors<br>
        is in dozens</tt><tt> or so).<br>
      </tt></p>
    <p><tt>Therefore, it's pretty pointless to discuss adding exceptions
        to LilyPond's<br>
        terms of use (GPL). We cannot do this from the legal point of
        view, as far as<br>
        I understand.<br>
      </tt></p>
    <p><tt>At any rate, **<b>I strongly urge everyone in this</b><b>
          thread to honor a one-day timeout</b>**,<br>
        until the day after tomorrow. Discussions with repeated posts in
        short time<br>
        frames tend to spiral out of control pretty quickly; let's give
        everyone the<br>
        time to reflect so as to make the talk productive.<br>
      </tt></p>
    <p><tt>Please, no posts this evening and tomorrow. Let everyone cool
        down.</tt></p>
    <p><tt>After that, we can calmly discuss the licensing issue in a
        separate thread,<br>
        as well as address Urs' original question.<br>
      </tt></p>
    <p><tt>Cheers,<br>
        Jean<br>
      </tt></p>
  </body>
</html>


[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]

Configure | About | News | Add a list | Sponsored by KoreLogic