Re: (L)GPLv3
- From: jhs jsschmid de
- To: "Ryan Lortie" <desrt desrt ca>
- Cc: Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org>, desktop-devel-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: (L)GPLv3
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 13:12:07 -0000 (UTC)
Hi!
> hi Vincent,
>
> On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 09:26 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote:
>> Do you feel okay with the idea of allowing proprietary apps to use our
>> platform but not GPLv2 apps?
>
> In short, yes.
>
> Anybody who has an application that is GPLv2-only and has accepted
> enough contributions that it has become an unreasonable proposition to
> relicense has made a significant mistake. I don't want to punish them
> or anything, but they are the ones who picked a licence that prevents
> them from linking against just about anything.
Well, while I guess all my modules are LGPL/GPLv2+ would that still
prevent me from linking against LGPLv3 things if I don't convert them to
GPLv3?
Also, am I right that GPLv2+ means that I have GPLv2 in the COPYING but
every file include the "or (at your option) any later version" clause?
Regards,
Johannes
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