25 Jul
2012
25 Jul
'12
8:09 p.m.
On Wed, 2012-07-25 at 13:52 +0200, Krzysztof Kosiński wrote:
because some people might want to use Inkscape under GPL v2.
The GPL only applies to you if you are distributing the licensed work, not if you're using it. That's why it's called a copyright license and not a use-it-right license.
And are people really that paranoid about the GPLv3? On reading, it's a good improvement over v2, the only reason why people would be trying to move away from it would be if they'd been infected with some sort of curious meme.
in any case, retaining the four freedoms and maintaining the copyleft are the most important principles; the exact license isn't very important in the grand scheme.
Martin,