LibRaw: possible license issues
Andrew Haley
aph at redhat.com
Mon Nov 26 17:03:33 UTC 2012
On 11/26/2012 04:26 PM, Debarshi Ray wrote:
>>> 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+.
>>
>> Why does it matter? Their code hasn't changed, and has not become GPLv3. The package is GPLv3+.
>
> It matters because Shotwell links to GStreamer.
>
> GStreamer applications either opt for LGPLv2+ or GPLv2+ with exceptions because they might end up using proprietary or otherwise unfavourably licensed GStreamer plugins .
Which is fine, because GPLv3+ is compatible with LGPLv2+ or GPLv2+.
Andrew.
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