POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : The License : Re: The License Server Time
10 Aug 2024 07:14:22 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The License  
From: Charles Fusner
Date: 24 Apr 2000 18:54:06
Message: <3904D13F.4D855352@enter.net>
Fabien Mosen wrote:
>  Some of the (numerous) authors of some parts of the POV code
> want to be assured that their (hard) work won't be reincorporated
> in something else without their consent.
> 
>  That's why most common open-stuff license (GNU,...) aren't
> applicable as-is to POV-Ray.

Quite so. That was always my understanding. Now for the 25 cent
question: If 4.0 were a complete rebuild in C++ (or whatever 
language) wouldn't this mean that the current team members alone 
would be able to decide what (if any) changes should go into the 
new license from that point onward?


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