Re: [Linuxsampler-devel] Can you change the license to GPLv3 ?

[Christian S. <sch...@li...>]

On Wednesday 11 July 2012 17:13:14 Nils wrote:
> can you change your license to GPL version 3 and drop the GPLv2 exception?
> 
> Version 3 disallows to use the open software in a closed hardware system so
> Linuxsampler would be safe from commercial rip-offs. I assume that is the
> caution that led to the GPL2 exception.

In case of the sampler, the great "leak" is the TCP based network API (LSCP).

If the sampler was released under GPL3 without the infamous commercial 
exception, every commercial software and hardware product could use the 
sampler without any enforcement to make their sources public or ask for 
permssions or whatsoever. The network API case is neither covered by GPL2 nor 
by GPL3 unfortunately.

We have been in touch with the FSF quite some times, so this has been 
clearified.

CU
Christian