Re: cryptsetup-luks 1.0.4 is out/GPL3 poll

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Hi Clemens,

looking at the discussions that are currently going on about GPL3 it is
perhaps a little bit too early to jump on it. It's probably better to
wait until all main issues are solved and GPL3 is accepted by the
majority of people.

Best regards,
Frank


Clemens Fruhwirth schrieb:
> Hi folks, 
>
> another new release with a few minor refinements of
> cryptsetup-luks. ChangeLog see below.
>
> A public svn repos is now at:
> http://luks.endorphin.org/svn/cryptsetup/
>
> GPL3: I would like to change the cryptsetup-luks license to GPL3
> including the anti-DRM provisioning. I share the worries of FSF that
> DRM is harmful to the free software movement and the users' freedom in
> general. I do not share the views of a small influencal group of Linux
> kernel developers that recently published their no-GPL3
> statement. Therefore, it is even more important (to me) to limit Linux
> encryption technology for DRM use at user space.
>
> Before I start to dissect the legal situation of cryptsetup-luks, I
> would like to receive a thumbs-up/no-go from recent contributors for
> this intended license change to GPL3 (no in-depth GPL3 discussion
> intended, as the license isn't finished at all).
>
>
> 1.0.4 changes:
> * lib/setup.c: Added terminal timeout rewrite as forwarded by Jonas Meurer
> * Merged patch from Marc Merlin <marc@xxxxxxxxxxx> to allow user selection of key slot.
> * new gettext-alization
> * lib/setup.c (get_key): Applied patch from David Härdeman
> <david@xxxxxxxx> for reading binary keys from stdin using the "-" as key file.
> * Applied patches from David Härdeman <david@xxxxxxxx> to fix 64 bit compiler warning issues.
> * src/cryptsetup.c (yesDialog): Fix getline problem for 64-bit archs. 
>
>   


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