[gpodder-devel] GPLv3 licensing change
- From: thp at perli.net (Thomas Perl)
- Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:19:55 +0200
Oh, and I forgot one important dependency:
python-gpod: LGPL, version 2 or later
On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 09:44 -0800, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On 9/4/07, Thomas Perl <thp at perli.net> wrote:
> > All other things are implemented either by me or as a patch to the
> > "GPLv2 or later" gPodder source, which makes all patches and
> > contributions "GPLv2 or later", so this can be upgraded to GPLv3, or did
> > I miss something here?
>
> The specific situation that I have been made aware of is when a
> codebase is licensed under GPLv2 without the optional "or later
> version" clause. This issue has actually prompted a change in how we
> communicate licensing summaries inside Fedora packaging, to try to
> help package maintainers stay ahead of any potential violations due to
> GPLv2 and GPLv3 conflicts. We're also trying to make sure we touc
> hbase with upstream developers has licensing changes are announced
> just to make sure this potential situation was considered fully. If
> all the GPLv2 code you are making use of at build time has the "or
> later" clause then things should be okay.
>
> -jef
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