Re: GPLv2 icon with GPLv3+ program

[Ulrik Sverdrup <ulrik sverdrup gmail com>]

Hello

2009/7/22 Calum Benson <Calum Benson sun com>:
>
> On 22 Jul 2009, at 16:46, Ulrik Sverdrup wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>>>> Ok. But still only to an older (potentially) GPLv3-incompatible
>>>> version? I acquired gnome-icon-theme from debian whose copyright file
>>>> only mentions GPLv2.
>>>
>>> Yes, gnome-themes is currently LGPL v2 only.  I don't know much about the
>>> GPL v3 licensing issues, but I'm guessing that doesn't really help with
>>> this
>>> specific problem... I was really just saying that it wasn't the first
>>> time
>>> people had wondered about icon theme licensing, and not come to any firm
>>> conclusions.
>>
>> Ok. You say *Lesser* GPL. Just FYI: I have gnome-themes and
>> gnome-icon-theme version 2.26 installed, and in the debian copyright
>> for these two packages, it still says GPLv2 (only) (Not LPGL, but
>> GPL).
>
> Hmm... gnome-themes changed to LGPL on 2003-08-11, according to its
> ChangeLog:
> <http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gnome-themes/tree/ChangeLog.pre-git>
>
> And here's its current COPYING file:
> <http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gnome-themes/tree/COPYING>

Ok Will file bug in debian.

However what I checked before asking here was not gnome-themes, but
gnome-icon-theme. I hope that is still on topic on this mailing list.
I checked the release tarball (and did again just now) and 2.26.0 of
gnome-icon-theme [
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-icon-theme/2.26/ ] ships
with a GPLv2 license COPYING file.

Ulrik