[External] GPL license versions between dependencies

Weber, Matthew L Collins Matthew.Weber at collins.com
Fri Jul 30 16:23:40 CEST 2021


Alan,

> From: Alan DeKok <aland at deployingradius.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2021 9:20 AM
> To: Weber, Matthew L Collins <Matthew.Weber at collins.com>
> Cc: FreeRadius developers mailing list <freeradius-devel at lists.freeradius.org>; thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com>
> Subject: Re: [External] GPL license versions between dependencies 
>  
> On Jul 30, 2021, at 10:16 AM, Weber, Matthew L Collins <Matthew.Weber at collins.com> wrote:
> >   I'm pretty sure a GPLv3 LGPL can't be used as a library to a GPLv2 (Still haven't found good guidance on this to understand for sure that's the case).
> 
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html*AllCompatibility__;Iw!!MvWE!X7ekEQeACal5AuU8q-rZjTu0pmBZ4pkBYbQ_RXlw8VyrP6rJGkoSA7vUSvHgjupz8WMI$ 
> 
>  It's fine.

Ok, so based on that table does Freeradius "Because GPLv2 does not permit combinations with LGPLv3, you must convey the project under GPLv3's terms in this case, since it will allow that combination." ?

-Matt


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