Re: GPLv2 licensing issues

[Hubert Chathi]

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:07:16 +0000 (UTC), Yavor Doganov <address@hidden> said:

> В Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:42:15 -0400, Hubert Chathi написа:
>> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:08:52 +0000 (UTC), Yavor Doganov
>> <address@hidden>
>>>> or http://price.sourceforge.net/exception.html
>> 
>> What problems do you see with it?

> IMVHO such an exception *might* fix one side of the problem, but the
> resulting combined work still violates LGPLv3, which in turn is GPLv3
> with additional permissions.

I don't think that the combined work still violations LGPLv3, because
section 4 of the LGPLv3 allows you to release the combined works under
any license that you choose, provided that you do certain things, and
the library itself can still be distributed under the LGPLv3.  The
exception allows the library to be distributed under the LGPLv3, so it
should be fine AFAICT.

[...]

> (Also, I think that it's out of the question to consider GNUstep as
> "system libraries" -- according to Brett openssl is not a system
> library, and I don't think that anyone will argue that openssl is much
> much closer to being a system library than the GNUstep libs are.)

Agreed.  (Actually, the OpenSSL people seem to think that OpenSSL should
be considered a system library, as that's what they say in their FAQ.
But it's definitely an issue that's not entirely clear.)

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