[Fedora-legal-list] rubygem GPLv3 package requiring GPLv2 package

Jason L Tibbitts III tibbs at math.uh.edu
Fri Sep 25 06:22:57 UTC 2009


>>>>> "JK" == Jan Klepek <jan.klepek at brandforge.sk> writes:

JK> Hi, I'm working on packaging rubygem-ditz which is licensed under
JK> GPLv3 ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=525211 ). Ditz
JK> require library rubygem-trollop which is under GPLv2 (
JK> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=525210 ).

If there's no actual compilation of differently licensed source code
involved, I believe this situation is explicitly covered in
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/FAQ

 - J<




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