[Kget] [kget] [Bug 330881] New: Licensing issue between KGet (GPL-2.0) and the mmsthreads transfer-plugin (GPL-3.0)

[Raymond Wooninck]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330881

            Bug ID: 330881
           Summary: Licensing issue between KGet (GPL-2.0) and the
                    mmsthreads transfer-plugin (GPL-3.0)
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: kget
           Version: 2.12.60
          Platform: unspecified
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: kget at kde.org
          Reporter: tittiatcoke at gmail.com

The spec file for kget 4.10.90 states that the package is GPL-2.0+ licensed.
The source files in the /transfer-plugins/mmsthreads/ subdirectory are GPL-3.0+
licensed. For example, dlgmms.cpp:

/*
    This file is part of the KDE project
    Copyright (C) 2011 Ernesto Rodriguez Ortiz <eortiz at uci.cu>

    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 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

*/

Is it intended to package GPL-3.0+ plugins as part of an ostensibly GPL-2.0+
program - meaning that there is a danger that the entire program should be
licensed under GPL-3.0+ rather than GPL-2.0+.

Reproducible: Always

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