[x264-devel] [PATCH] config: Update to a recent gnuconfig

[edgar.soldin at web.de]

On 02.02.2017 18:01, Henrik Gramner wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 5:20 PM,  <edgar.soldin at web.de> wrote:
>> Henrik, can you explain in more detail why you think there is an incompatibility here?
> 
> Because we're not going to change the license of x264 to GPLv3 since

well, as i wrote you do not have to. you can easily use gnuconfig, licensed GPL3 within a generally any project. only files based on gnuconfig code will have to be licensed the same.

> GPLv3 is an absolutely terrible choice of a license.

exactly why?
 
> Actually, in my opinion having the "or later" clause in x264 was
> probably a bad idea in the first place.

it's just an option.personally i like having options ;) .. ede