Bug#754441: RFS: gmastermind.app/0.6-1 [ITP] -- GNUstep based Mastermind (TM) clone
On 14/07/14 19:45, Yavor Doganov wrote:
> Riley Baird wrote:
>> If you're worried about the incompatibility between LGPL3 and GPL2,
>> you don't have to be. gmastermind.app is only linking to the LGPL3
>> libraries, so the copyleft doesn't apply to it (because of the
>> linking exemption).
>
> You are very wrong here. A GPLv2-only program cannot link with a
> LGPLv3 library. Because of this the license of GNUstep Base and GUI
> was downgraded to LGPLv2.1+. Unfortunately.
>
> This is also the reason why glibc's license has not been upgraded; it
> would make all GPLv2-only stuff undistributable.
Ah, you're right. The problem isn't the LGPL3; it's the GPL2's
requirement for all libraries to be GPL2-compatible.
Ah well, I guess it's good in the interests of compatibility that
GNUstep's license remained at v2.1 (for all of the other problems that
may remain).
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