Bug#674684: About your qpdfview package on mentors.d.n
Hi Aron,
> qpdfview needs libpoppler, which is licensed under GPL-2 only, but
> qpdfview is GPL-3. The two license are not compatible. Would it be
> possible to ask upstream to re-license the software and release a new
> version?
This is indeed a serious issue. I spoke with the upstream author (Adam Reichold) and he is willing to make things work (on the downside, double-licensing might require throwing out some translations).
However, he pointed me to the fact that the new libpoppler version 0.20 will be based on xpdf-3.03, which in turn is licensed under GPL-2 and GPL-3, allowing also libpoppler to be licensed as GPL-2 and GPL-3. This should make the problem go away in the very near future (as soon as libpoppler-0.20 is packaged), therefore Adam asked me to inquire, whether it would be easier to just wait for the new libpoppler version.
What would you suggest?
Regards,
Benjamin Eltzner
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