Re: GPLv2+ vs GPLv3+

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On 11/04/2017 11:39 AM, Mattia Verga wrote:
> I'm reviewing a new package to be included in Fedora repos. [1]
> As always, I'm making confusion between GPLv2+ and GPLv3+... license in spec file is "GPLv3+ and MIT", but some sources are licensed GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ also. The COPYING file itself distributed in sources is a GPLv2 license.>
> What license is right to be write in spec file?
> Mattia

In that source archive i see:

GPLv2
GPLv2+
GPLv3+
LGPLv2+
LGPLv3+

GPLv2 is more restrictive but compatible with GPLv2+ only, not with GPLv3+.
LGPLv2+ and LGPLv3+ code can be released under GPLv3+.
MIT is always GPL compatible.

If i have correctly understood the License Compatibility and Relicensing
rules, the correct resultant license is

(GPLv2 or GPLv2+) and GPLv3+

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