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Hello *,
Am 2007-07-01 16:38:56, schrieb Francesco Poli:
> On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 13:58:08 +0200 Andreas Metzler wrote:
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> [...]
> > LGPLv3 libraries
> > could not be used in GPLv2-only programs.
>
> I'm afraid that this incompatibility is still true.
>
> AFAIUI, when you redistribute a GPLv2-only program in compiled form, the
> GPLv2 insists that the libraries the program links with (excluding
> system libraries...) are available under GPLv2.
>
> But an LGPLv3-only or LGPLv3-or-later library is available under GPLv3,
> not under GPLv2.
>
> All this, assuming that the FSF's legal theory of linking is correct:
> this theory has never been tested in court, AFAIK, hence we do not know
> if it would hold. However, we have to assume that it's correct, to be
> on the safe side.
>
> Disclaimers: IANAL, TINLA, IANADD.
Question:
I have coded some programs which are explicit under GPL v2 since I do
not like v3 (I have my reasons) but I am using a LIB which is currently
under LGPL v2.
Now the new version of this LIB is v3.
What should I do?
Push the source of the LIB v2 into my executable since I can not
distribute the same LIB (physical) because namespace conflicts ?
It seems that I am using 7 libs which will switch to LGPL v3 and I
am already using parts of libc-client (I do not want to use the pop3
part in any case and have some restrictions made to the source).
Should I pull out all needed functions and put it into my own source?
Two of those 7 LIB's are a WebDAV and a Calendar client library.
This stuff is realy confusing...
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
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