Bug#572982: EPL + LGPL compatiblity?

[Walter Landry]

Pablo Duboue <pablo.duboue at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We seek some advice regarding #572982 [1] (azureus, a well-known torrent 
> client, combines source licensed under incompatible  licenses).
> 
> From Niels quoted sources, there is no doubt about the incompatibility of GPL 
> and EPL. But LGPL and EPL might be a different matter and Google has proved 
> quite unfriendly on this regard.

I think that the LGPL v3 is compatible with the EPL.  The LGPL allows
you to convey combined works as long as you can recompile the LGPL
parts.  Since we have the source for everything, this is not a
problem.

Cheers,
Walter Landry
wlandry at caltech.edu