GPLv3 packages?

[Steve Youngs]

* Jerry James <james at xemacs.org> writes:

  > While I think I understand the issues around GPLv2 versus GPLv3 for
  > XEmacs core, the corresponding issues with the packages are not so
  > clear to me.  We have 3 packages in CVS right now that carry GPLv3
  > licenses: viper, ediff, and verilog-mode.  Is that okay?

According to the FSF copyright boffins, it's not ok.  There was a
discussion here last year some time concerning the Tramp package.
Someone, I think the Tramp maintainer, contacted the FSF about it and
the answer was basically: if Tramp is GPLv3 then XEmacs has to be GPLv3
too.

Personally, I think that's nuts, but what can you do...

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