[mythtv] COPYING & AUTHORS files

Jonas Arndt jonas at arndt.pw
Sat Aug 9 04:18:36 UTC 2014


On 08/08/2014 05:15 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 10:53 PM, Jonas Arndt <jonas at arndt.pw> wrote:
>> ...I don't know the history
>> of the selection of v2 and that's why I am asking.
> v2 was the only (real) choice.  There was no v3 at the
> time that the project started, and most existing code
> that was leveraged from was v2 licensed.
>
> v2 vs v3 has been a very "interesting" debate in many
> projects.  Strong opinions, and some strong reactions
> based on the choices made in particular projects.  I
> would refer the petitioner to the previous discussions
> in other projects email lists regarding those discussions
> to understand the reasoning of the various choices
> before trying to initiate yet another.  In the end, the only
> votes that count are the contributors.
Thanks Gary, I am not looking for a new lengthy thread about this. Just 
the background. Indeed, the copyright holders are the guys deciding on this

// Jonas


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