Francesco Poli <invernomuto@paranoici.org> writes:I'm familiar enough with Francesco to know that his “pestering” is
> I am personally trying hard to persuade Open CASCADE S.A.S. (the
> company behind Open CASCADE Technology) to re-license Open CASCADE
> Technology under GPLv2-compatible terms, in order to solve this issue
> once and for all.
> I have been pestering Open CASCADE S.A.S. since April 2009...
likely quite polite.
To be persuasive, these people will need to avoid hectoring or righteous
> But I need help from other people.
> *Many* other people.
> As I repeatedly stated in the bug log [6] of #617613 (especially,
> please read at least the original report [10]), other people should
> contact Open CASCADE S.A.S. and try to persuade them to re-license Open
> CASCADE Technology under GPLv2-compatible terms (for instance, under
> the GNU LGPL v2.1).
messages. Persuasion is difficult, and some of you will feel passionate,
but making the recipient of your message defensive will not help.
Cementing an entrenched position, or making the OpenCAD copyright
holders dismissive of people pestering them, will remove options.
Anyone contacting them about this, *please* keep a calm and civil tone.
Remain upbeat and express your support for GPL-compatible terms so that
FreeCAD can be redistributed legally.
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