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No GPLv2-only projects on Savannah

Posted Mar 23, 2006 14:54 UTC (Thu) by southey (subscriber, #9466)
In reply to: No GPLv2-only projects on Savannah by Wol
Parent article: No GPLv2-only projects on Savannah

Nope, the v3 is not fully compatible with v2 at least with the current optional v3 clauses that can be applied. For example, one v3 clause is that the complete code must be released that would include any non-GPL code so a GPL v3 program linked to a source library (nor necessarily closed) that is incompatible under v3 with the complete code cause. This also bites a GPL v2 or later license if the 'or later' aspect is invoked.

Bruce

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No GPLv2-only projects on Savannah

Posted Mar 24, 2006 2:46 UTC (Fri) by mepr (guest, #4819) [Link]

If the "or later" clause is included, then who gets to choose which parts of the optional license apply?
If the author, then no it doesn't.
If the user, then it's mostly irrelevant (although it would be interesting if the user chose restrictions the original author didn't like, made changes, and released the new derived work under the more restricted GPL3

Mark