Re: GPLv3 packages (was multi-line colorization)

Mike Kupfer writes:  > Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:  >  > > It's also hard to build up much enthusiasm for losing sleep in order  > > to condense about 100kB of ChangeLogs into release notes when AFAIK  > > there are no patches in the queue that require a GPLv3 XEmacs before  > > they can be applied.  >  > Where are we with respect to GPLv3+ packages?  I have a newer version of  > Gnus in my queue, which I haven't done anything with because it's  > GPLv3+.  Can I move forward with it, or do I have to wait for the  > license change for the core code? To the extent that these are *XEmacs* packages, probably you should wait.  OTOH, there already *is* a GPLv3 program that uses the packages by design (SXEmacs).  So it may be OK if you say it's for use with SXEmacs.  Ask the FSF copyright clerk or a lawyer. :-(