[Pkg-samba-maint] Upcoming possible licensing issues kde vs samba

[Peter Eisentraut]

Am Donnerstag, 1. November 2007 schrieb Sune Vuorela:
> It seems to be that GPLv2 is incompatible with GPLv3 and LGPLv3,

What is the rationale or source for this assessment?

> so if samba gets upgraded to a GPLv3  version, we are going to have problems
> with KDE.

Considering the wide range of software that KDE links with, this issue will 
only become more widespread, even if Samba 3.2 were held up a bit.  It would 
be wise to discuss this with the upstream developers.