>>>> Stephen J Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
Stephen> I think we could probably convert the packages wholesale to
Stephen> GPLv3 even if XEmacs itself is still GPLv2.
I would prefer that.
Stephen> We'd also have problems doing maintenance on them for XEmacs,
Stephen> I suspect. Ie, changes in them to make them work better with
Stephen> GPLv2 XEmacs would undoubtedly get a claim that these aren't
Stephen> separate works, but rather derivative of XEmacs.
That is true but if the goal is to make XEmacs GPLv3 too and we show
that we are working on that I hope some migration period surely would
be acceptable.
Stephen> We also need to coordinate the whole thing with SXEmacs.
What is the position of the SXEmacs project on GPLv3?
Yours
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