Re: LGPL v3 compatibilty (original) (raw)

On Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 10:20:29PM +0100, Anthony W. Youngman wrote:

In message <[🔎] 20070713150100.GR3558@freenet.de>, Michelle Konzack linux4michelle@freenet.de writes

I have coded some programs which are explicit under GPL v2 since I do not like v3 (I have my reasons) but I am using a LIB which is currently under LGPL v2.

Now the new version of this LIB is v3.

What should I do?

DON'T PANIC (as Douglas Adams said).

If your GPLv2 program links to an LGPLv3 library, then you don't need to give a monkeys.

The whole point behind LGPL is that the LGPL library must be independently distributable, and independently upgradeable. If your program is GPL (any version), then it is compatible with any LGPL library (any version).

I think you forgot to preface this with the disclaimers "I am not a lawyer", "I am not a DD", "I don't speak for the FSF", "I don't even bother to read the other analyses of GPLv2/LGPLv3 interaction that have been posted to this list", and "this is legal advice that I have no business dispensing to people on a Debian mailing list".

-- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/

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