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Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 12:31:11 -0600
From: RB <aoz.syn@...il.com>
To: john-dev@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Licensing

On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 12:30 PM, RB <aoz.syn@...il.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 12:08 PM, magnum <john.magnum@...hmail.com> wrote:
>> "Please note that GNU GPL v3 is a different beast from v2, and we (like many
>> others) consider it problematic."
>
> Please note that GNU GPL version 3 differs significantly in both
> intent and outcome than version 2.  As many others do [link Torvalds'
> sentiment], the John The Ripper development team considers it more
> problematic and prefers that it not be used.

Yikes, that should be "from version 2" in the first sentence.

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