Charles Fusner wrote:
> 
> 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?

One (like me for example) might argue that while the programming
language might change many of the algorithms the the current code
is based on will remain functionally the same.

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