Using LGPLv3+ license for libgnutls?
Simon Josefsson
simon at josefsson.org
Wed Sep 10 14:10:04 CEST 2008
Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer at nic.fr> writes:
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 09:28:29AM +0200,
> Simon Josefsson <simon at josefsson.org> wrote
> a message of 94 lines which said:
>
>> The problem is for GPLv2-only projects that wants to use a LGPLv3
>> library.
>
> :-(
>
> My case: http://echoping.sourceforge.net/
>
> Since echoping has the OpenSSL exception, switching GNUTLS to LGPLv3
> would mean dropping GNUTLS support, just to please the FSF lawyers.
Is echoping licensed under GPLv2 or GPLv2-or-later? I can't find
anything conclusive in the echoping sources (probably something you want
to fix :)).
GPLv2-or-later with OpenSSL exception is compatible with LGPLv3 if I
understand correctly.
Anyway, it seems we have gathered plenty of arguments that probably will
delay re-licensing for some time.
/Simon
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