On 3/22/07, Stéphane Rollandin <lecteur at zogotounga.net> wrote:
> well, I meant the former. since we are in the situation of dropping code
> from the image just because their authors passed away.
>
That is just because the contributions were done under unclear or
incompatible licensing terms. If you clearly slap the MIT license on
your code, you can die to your heart's content, and people can just
take over.