Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-packaging (161 mails)

[Juergen Weigert <jw@xxxxxxx>]

On Jan 19, 10 11:30:00 +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Dave Plater <davejplater@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > the legal department. Looking at the chart GPLv2 only isn't 100%
> > compatible with any other license. Foomatic-filters cannot exist without
> > libgs so if there is a problem they need to address it.
>
> Not only GPLv2 is incompatible with any other licenses, GPLv3 is also
> incompatible even with GPLv2. I expect a lot of trouble for distributors
> in the near future because of this fact....

The cases where upstream exploited GPLv2 / GPLv3 incompatibilities on
purpose are very rare, luckily. 
The incompatibility is often avoided by licensing under "GPLv2 or GPLv3 at
your choice", which is perfect for the needs of a distributor.

I don't share that kind of fear.

        cheers,
                JW-

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