On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:47:10 +0100, Christoph Hormann wrote:
> 
> 
> Ron Parker wrote:
>> 
>> [...]
>> In any case, the same thing that
>> keeps us from changing the license to something more open also keeps us from
>> changing it to something more closed.
> 
> With one important difference: Most users will not have any objections
> against a more open system, but this would be different for a more closed
> one.

Okay, now this is really speaking for myself and not for the Team, and it's
also entirely tongue-in-cheek, but...  Users?  What are those?  Why is their
opinion important?

No, really, the license can't change for all the reasons we've all heard 
before: the code was contributed by people who we no longer have any contact
with under the terms of the old license.  Changing the license in any 
significant way might be contrary to their wishes, so it won't happen until
all of the code has been rewritten.  How the users feel about it has very
little, if any, impact on the matter. 

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