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

[Sune Vuorela]

On Friday 02 November 2007, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> 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?

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#v2v3Compatibility

> > 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.

It is a issue known upstream - and some people are working at it, but e.g. 
getting qt and kde relicensed to gplv2 or later isn't something that can 
happen overnight.

/Sune
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