[Kde-extra-gear] KDE SVN license policy

[Thiago Macieira]

Robby Stephenson wrote:
>Tellico falls under Bullet 5 on the techbase page. Do I understand the
> first sub-bullet under 5 to mean the (or later version) clause is
> required, or does it mean that I get to choose GPL2 or later version
> myself?
>
>In other words, I'm required to dual-license or tri-license, correct?
> Rather than having the author choose the license version, I'm required
> to allow the user to choose the license version? I'm planning to stay
> with the GPL, I'm just trying to understand the restriction.

Any new code must be under one of those licenses.

Either you allow GPLv2 or later (any later version), or you allow GPLv2, 
GPLv3 or later versions approved by the e.V.

You cannot choose GPLv2-only or GPLv2-or-3-only.

>If I'm reading that right, is there any particular reason? I've read a
> few things about the faults of the GPL2 license, but none seem to carry
> enough weight to forbid a GPL2-only license. Just curious...

Very simple: GPLv2 is incompatible with GPLv3. That's why one you now have 
to give the option to use v3 + some future versions.

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