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SQL-Ledger Relicensed, Community Gagged
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?"
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I can't feel sorry for you... Sounds like you want to use the work of others and not contribute anything back thus your issue with the GPL. If so, you're an abuser.
Yup, that's the way I took it too - the guy's making money from software that he's writing, which incorporates v2.4, and now that the license is changed in v2.5, he can't use it because he'd be compelled to release his source if he does.
No more free ride and he's pissing and moaning about it on Slashdot.
People like this are the worst blight on Open Source - they act as though others owe them something.
It's the same sense of entitlement that leads people to infringe others' copyrights, I think.