[geeklog-devel] Geeklog CKEditor Integration

[Tom]

>> No, we are "GPLv2 or later". We have a copy of the GPLv2 in
public_html/docs but that's only the actual text of the license.

Ahh that is where I looked. 

>From further reading on the subject from other sources it looks like to me
since we are using "GPLv2 or later" it should be okay to integrate GPLv3
code.

So to me it looks like it will be fine. 

Any further insight Dirk? (or anyone else)

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net
[mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net] On Behalf Of Dirk Haun
Sent: July-28-13 11:40 AM
To: Geeklog Development
Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] Geeklog CKEditor Integration

Ugh, license interpretation time again :-/


Tom wrote:

> I believe we are GPLv2 only.

No, we are "GPLv2 or later". We have a copy of the GPLv2 in public_html/docs
but that's only the actual text of the license. Any code that does have a
license header (and is GPL - we have one or two other licenses) says this:

// | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
|
// | modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
|
// | as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
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// | of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
|


> I also don't know if it matters that we are integrating a GPLv3 code into
GPLv2 code and not the other way around.

That is also what I'm not so sure about. However, if it would make a
difference, it sure would be covered in the GPL FAQ, wouldn't it? But I
guess we need to confirm this before we can move on.

Personally, I have some reservations regarding the GPLv3 but if mixing it
with GPLv2 ("or later") code is allowed and we can restrict it to a
clear-cut part of the project (like a 'ckeditor' directory), then I don't
see a problem. I just don't want us switching to v3 without a good reason.

bye, Dirk


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