LibRaw: possible license issues

[Debarshi Ray]

I came across what looks like a possible licensing issue with LibRaw and
applications that link to it. I am not totally sure that there is a problem,
but I have enough reason to have doubts. I welcome any clarifications and
advice.

LibRaw's License tag was changed from "LGPLv2 or CDDL" to GPLv3 when the two
demosaic packs were added [1]. One of the demosaic packs is GPLv2+ and the
other is GPLv3+.

However, http://www.libraw.org/ mentions LibRaw's license as GPLv2+, while the
source files continue to claim that they are under LGPLv2 or CDDL.

Shotwell, which uses LibRaw, is LGPLv2+. By my reading of the compatibility
matrix [2], it means that Shotwell is now effectively GPLv3. If that is the
case, then has Yorba been notified of that? I doubt they would suddenly want
their code to become GPLv3 instead of LGPLv2+.

Thanks,
Debarshi

[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=760638
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main#GPL_Compatibility_Matrix

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