[Digikam-devel] [digikam] [Bug 324566] New: Copied code is license-incompatible (OpenTLD is GPL-3, libkface is GPL-2)

[Andreas K. Huettel]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=324566

            Bug ID: 324566
           Summary: Copied code is license-incompatible (OpenTLD is GPL-3,
                    libkface is GPL-2)
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: digikam
           Version: 3.3.0
          Platform: unspecified
                OS: unspecified
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: libkface
          Assignee: digikam-devel at kde.org
          Reporter: dilfridge at gentoo.org

libkface incorporates code from OpenTLD, licensed under GPL-3 (*), while
libkface itself is licensed GPL-2. These two licenses are incompatible, see 
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility
which means that distribution of the combined work is not permitted.

(*) http://gnebehay.github.io/OpenTLD/

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