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Posted to legal-discuss@apache.org by "William A. Rowe, Jr." <wr...@rowe-clan.net> on 2007/08/14 02:51:39 UTC
Pointers to GPLv3 + GPLv2 compatibility statements?
The prime logic for the FSF to declare ALv2 incompatible with GPLv2
was the patent clauses.
Now that GPLv3 includes effectively the patent clause, it would appear
to be incompatible with code licensed under GPLv2 (and without the "or
later version" language).
Has the FSF offered any statement yet, since whatever conclusion and
rational they would offer impacts the compatibility of GPLv2 + ALv2?
Bill
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Re: Pointers to GPLv3 + GPLv2 compatibility statements?
Posted by Will Pugh <wi...@sourcelabs.com>.
There is this section in the FSF GPL FAQ.
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility
--Will
William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote:
> The prime logic for the FSF to declare ALv2 incompatible with GPLv2
> was the patent clauses.
>
> Now that GPLv3 includes effectively the patent clause, it would appear
> to be incompatible with code licensed under GPLv2 (and without the "or
> later version" language).
>
> Has the FSF offered any statement yet, since whatever conclusion and
> rational they would offer impacts the compatibility of GPLv2 + ALv2?
>
> Bill
>
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