Re: [Notion-devel] what we're waiting for

[Aron G. <agr...@n0...>]

M Rawash wrote:  [Mon Apr 12 2010, 03:50:56PM EDT]
>On Mon, 2010-04-12 at 14:30 -0400, Marc Hartstein wrote:
>> Excerpts from M Rawash's message of Mon Apr 12 11:25:54 -0400 2010:
>> > - fork Ion and change the license (possibly to GPL), this will leave us
>> > vulnerable to Tuomo's hostility (assuming he is indeed hostile), since
>> > it's basically 'illegal' in light of Tuomo's additional terms (which,
>> > according to Tuomo, "take precedence over the LGPL").
>>
>> It seems a fork-and-rename is consistent with the intent, if not the
>> terms, of the modified LGPL.
>
>intent, maybe, terms, not so sure; if so, i believe Tuomo
>"unintentionally" made it impossible to fork Ion under a different
>license, that's why we're still in need of a clarification on his part,
>and if that indeed was his intention, we have to consider other options.

To me it seems irrelevant in any case. If Tuomo doesn't clarify
and/or give his blessing on a fork, then we are putting distro
inclusion at risk. Tuomo would only need to complain and a distro
would kick notion out instantly rather than deal with it.

Aron