Bug#739058: springlobby: is non-distributable due to the combination of GPL-2 only and GPL-3+ licensed files

Markus Koschany apo at gambaru.de
Sat Feb 15 15:00:25 UTC 2014


Package: springlobby
Version: 0.169-1+b1
Severity: serious
Tags: upstream

while I was reviewing the license of springlobby, I discovered that
springlobby uses GPL-2 only and GPL 3 or later copyleft licenses for the
same program. GPL-2 only and GPL-3 or later are not compatible and can't be
legally combined.

See also https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility

I have already forwarded this bug report upstream. They are aware of
the issue and intend to contact the copyright holders to relicense the
affected files so that the whole program can be legally distributed again.

https://github.com/springlobby/springlobby/issues/171

Markus



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