From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11686 invoked by alias); 9 Jul 2007 19:45:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 11675 invoked by uid 22791); 9 Jul 2007 19:45:22 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31.1) with ESMTP; Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:45:18 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 0F44D6D4811; Mon, 9 Jul 2007 21:45:14 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:45:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Changing top level files and include/ files over to GPLv3 Message-ID: <20070709194514.GA12636@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Mail-Followup-To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org References: <9DB7619D-8F9F-4741-B968-D2000BD6F151@apple.com> <468EAFDA.1050800@codesourcery.com> <20070709170650.GP6851@calimero.vinschen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-07/txt/msg00156.txt.bz2 On Jul 9 14:49, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jul 9, 2007, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > This isn't quite correct. v3 adds restrictions which were not present > > in v2. > > Can you name any that doesn't arguably qualify as a "further > restriction" already prohibited by section 6 of GPLv2? > > That it plugs potential ambiguities is what makes it incompatible. > These are not really new requirements. > > > That's why linking v3 and v2-only stuff violates v2-only, but not > > v3. > > Linking v3 and v2-only violates both. They're mutually-incompatible. > GPLv2 adds requirements on top of GPLv3, and GPLv3 removes ambiguities > present in GPLv2, which some frame as new requirements. Sorry, I just wrote what I got told by a lawyer. Never mind, I shouldn't have chimed in. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Cygwin Project Co-Leader Red Hat