On 8/22/15, Tyler Romeo <tylerromeo(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Brian Wolff
<bawolff(a)gmail.com> wrote:
For example, MediaWiki is intentionally GPLv2,
not GPLv3.
MediaWiki is not intentionally GPLv2. It merely is v2 now and the community
cannot come to a consensus on whether to change it, thus it remains in its
current stagnant state.
I would consider that intentional. The status quo is intentionally
staying as it is, because there isn't agreement to change it. (I'll be
honest though, I don't really remember what the result was last time
the whole GPL version thing was discussed)
Unintentional I would define as - everyone thinks its a good idea to
switch, but nobody could be bothered to update the wiki page.
To be fair, the license is GPLv2 or later.
I am myself opposed to switch to GPLv3. Given the amount of code I own
in MediaWiki core, I think I am in a position to veto such a switch.
But I am not a lawyer.
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Antoine "hashar" Musso