Re: Thoughts about gnuplot license and copyrights

[Lars H. <lhe...@us...>]

> I have concluded that Thomas Williams is the one who has to give its
> agreement before an official release. Can you confirm ? Would it be

 That is correct. As the other copyright holder, Colin Kelley, is missing
 in action, Thomas Williams is our only contact.

> possible to have further details on his position about the license ?
> Archives say that the gpl was refused. Is there a precise reason, or is
> Thomas William simply opposed to a change ? Another open-source license
> may fit the needs.

 I have discussed development issues with Thomas in the past, and the only
 time I ever mentioned license changes (and the "single point of failure"
 issue) there was no reply. I'm sure that particular email was received,
 and we were in contact again for the 4.0 release - which he liked a lot :)

> By the way, as the FAQ doesn't mention it, the actual position of the
> author against licenses could be a good addition.

 I really have nothing to back this up, but people like Dave Denholm or
 Alex Woo might.