Re: PDFlib Lite vs. the gnuplot Copyright license

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

Daniel J Sebald writes:
> No "set term pdf" then?  Bummer.  At the OSI site are a couple dozen 
> licenses that could be chosen and applied without further review; at 
> least, I think that is what they are saying.  When you speak of an 
> actual lawyer reviewing the license, you mean because Gnuplot's is not 
> any of the OSI confirmed it would have to be reviewed, right?  And for 
> Gnuplot, the "license" is the file "Copyright"?  But that file is 
> somewhat skimpy in legalese compared to the example licenses at OSI.
 
 This discussion pops up every few years ...

 The license cannot be changed by us, only by the Copyright holders.
 That's Thomas Williams and Colin Kelley. The whereabouts of Mr. Kelley
 are unknown, so I usually contact Thomas Williams if a new release is
 about to happen.

 I contacted Thomas Williams in February 2002 to inquire about a further
 license change, explaining the reasons why we would want such a change.
 Got no reply, so I presume he wasn't too impressed.

 It would make sense for gnuplot to adopt a BSD-style license, as the
 current license is already sufficiently similar. I don't see this happening
 in the near future, though, and I'm currently not willing to pursue the
 issue.