Read the last sentence of that paragraph

Read the last sentence of that paragraph

Posted Jul 10, 2007 0:07 UTC (Tue) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)
In reply to: Can't use with GPLv2 under LGPLv3? by sepreece
Parent article: Samba Adopts GPLv3 for Future Releases

The GPLv2 text says:

However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the executable (emphasis mine).

That means that a distro cannot include both the GPLv2-only app and the LGPLv3-or-later library, packaged so that the former uses the latter: you can't ship them together. The exception was for GPLv2 programs using proprietary C libraries, so it's written narrowly; it's caused problems for "GNU/Solaris" distributions. As it turns out, GPLv3 is more permissive in this regard.

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