[Kst] GSL + kst license clash

[Barth Netterfield]

Right. QT is GPL2 only...

So basically, GPLV3 will totally screw KDE, or cause nasty forks all over?

Hmm... is the sky actually falling?

cbn

On November 1, 2007, Matthew D Truch wrote:
> > GSL in kst is used by the plugins, which are pretty important, but
> > not 'formally' required.
> >
> > Can we
> > 	-change the plugins to gplv3?
> > 	-'require' the pre v3 versions of GSL.  If someone chooses to compile w/
> > v3... shrug?
> > 	-import a pre v3 version of GSL?
> >
> > I would be interested if someone could point me to the issue.
>
> Standard Disclaimer: IANAL - You should seek an attorney blah blah blah.
> The main thing is that GPLv3 is not compatable with GPLv2 code, so if
> current GSL (with GPLv3) is linked with kst, kst needs to be compatable
> with GPLv3 as well.  kst itself (as far as I can tell by scanning a few
> of the source files) is licensed as GPLv2+ meaning "GPL version 2 or, at
> your option, any later version".  It would be easy, then, to make kst
> GPLv3+ (and therefore fine to link with current GSL), however I don't
> know if that is compatable with the licenses of other libraries and code
> used in kst (especially KDE and QT)?
>
> (I had been following along with Fedora's attempt at auditing licenses
> in packages, including the switch of many (all?) official GNU projects
> to GPLv3 from GPLv2).