[Pkg-sql-ledger-discussion] Slashdot: "SQL-Ledger Relicensed, Community Gagged"

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

Just noticed <URL:http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/04/15/1759254.shtml>:

  Ashley Gittins writes "Users of the popular accounting package
  SQL-Ledger were being kept in the dark about a recent license
  change. Two weeks ago a new version of the software was released but
  along with it came the silent change of license from GPLv2 to the
  'SQL-Ledger Open Source License' -- presumably in an effort to
  prevent future forks like LedgerSMB. As it turns out, the author was
  making deliberate attempts to prevent the community from finding out
  about the license change. No posts to the SQL-Ledger mailing lists
  asking about the license change were getting past moderation and
  direct questions to the author were going unanswered. Just recently
  the license was switched back to GPLv2. This behavior is not a first
  for this particular project, and is part of the reason for the
  original LedgerSMB fork. Does a project maintainer have an ethical
  obligation to notify his or her community of a license change? What
  about a legal obligation?"

Bringing it here just in case you haven't seen it yourself yet.

Friendly,
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Petter Reinholdtsen