Re: Does the "GPL version choice" impact GPL-compatibility?
On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 04:10:23PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote:
> Two programs' licenses are incompatible if you can't combine them and
> distribute the result. If Raul's interpretation of the GPL is correct
> (the second alternative above), then a "GPL v2" program would be incompatible
> with a "GPL v2 or later" program--combining the two would render the
> result completely undistributable.
Not necessarily true.
If "GPL v2" is understood to prohibit the exercise of either of the
options from section 9, then this interpretation would have merit.
However, if "GPL v2" is understood to incorporate the options specified
in section 9, then one of those options would still apply.
--
Raul
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