############################################################ # ATTENTION: I am currently NOT in Strasbourg because # # haveing the last 4 weeks of my military # # service and can not reply in short delays. # ############################################################ Hello *, Am 2007-07-01 16:38:56, schrieb Francesco Poli: > On Sun, 1 Jul 2007 13:58:08 +0200 Andreas Metzler wrote: > > [...] > > 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 -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi 0033/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
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