Author: intrigeri Date: To: Chris Marusich, mat-dev Subject: Re: [mat-dev] [Tails-dev] What is the status and license of MAT?
Hi,
I'm forwarding this to the MAT development mailing list:
Chris Marusich: > Hi Tails developers! > I'm packaging MAT 0.6.1 [1] for GNU Guix [2], and I have some questions.
> To ensure that I receive your replies, please keep me in the Cc list
> when replying, since I'm not subscribed to the tails-dev@??? list. > I've noticed that this release's LICENSE file contains the text of
> version 2 of the GNU GPL. However, it isn't clear if the software is
> available under "just the GPLv2", or "the GPLv2 or any later version".
> Can you clarify which of these is the intended interpretation? For this
> purpose, it would be helpful if the MAT source files contained the GPL
> header explicitly, as suggested in the section titled "How to Apply
> These Terms to Your New Programs" in LICENSE file. > I've also noticed that MAT's website displays the following notice: > Current status > The MAT maintenance and development is currently on hold, mostly for
> health reasons. I might go back to it at some point in the future. > The current version might have bugs, and doesn't work on Python3:
> Please avoid using it. > What is the current status of MAT? Is it still being developed? Do you
> still believe that users should avoid using it, and if so, why? > Thank you for making MAT, and for making it free software. And thank
> you in advance for your help in answering these questions! > Footnotes:
> [1] https://mat.boum.org/ > [2] https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/
