[GRASSLIST:1290] Re: creating a desktop GIS application using GRASS

[Glynn Clements]

Radim Blazek wrote:

> > because not all GRASS developers agree with Radim's mission
> > to promote the development of proprietary software on top of GRASS.
> 
> It realy seems, that I am last to leave the GRASS boat, but it is not clear what
> other developers want. So I want to ask developers contributing to GRASS,
> if they could clearly say, if it is acceptable for them, to open GRASS for
> proprietary applications. That means to relicense some libraries,
> probably gis, vector and dbmi to LGPL or similar license.
> My question now is not about technical details, but about your attitude. 
> I would welcome some clear answer like "yes" or "no".
> This is question for all developers, who contribute to GRASS, but especially for 
> those most active: markus, glynn, paul, hamish, alex, bob, cho, mike, eric
> as I see them in cvs log, sorry if I forgot anybody. 
> I appeal to you to answer and make GRASS future clear.

For my part, I don't want to see any of GRASS re-licensed under terms
other than the GPL.

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Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>