Re: (L)GPLv3

[Maciej Piechotka <uzytkownik2 gmail com>]

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On 06/07/10 15:12, jhs jsschmid de wrote:
> 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?
>

IANAL but LGPLv2+ means that you can use later license like LGPLv3 which
is compatible with 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?
> 

IIRC it is included by default in FSF text of license.

Regards
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