Re: [Gtkspell-devel] Gtkspell and GPLv3

[Daniel A. <dan...@gm...>]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 18:10, drkzs <dr...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been developping an application in Gtkmm/C++, i've used GtkSpell2.
> We'll have to license the software under the GPLv3 license.
> Unfortunately (grrr) the GPLv2 isn't compatible with the GPLv3 :(
> I could use the Gtkspell3, but i want to be sure it's the only way to
> solve my problem before using a devel version that is quite different to
> the previous version i've been working on...
>
> So i was wondering if it was possible to get GtkSpell2 with another
> license that could be compatible with GPLv3, like "GPLv2 or later" or
> even "GPLv3" (a LGPL license could be ok too, but these too are closer
> to the original license) ?
>

You'd have to find all people who have contributed code to GtkSpell
and get them to agree to a license change.

It would have to be "GPLv2 or later" or LGPL, not GPLv3.

That said, since the development code has been re-licensed to LGPL, it
is possible that someone has already done the leg work already.  I'd
be happy to ship a new release with a license change if you can
demonstrate that it is legal to do.

-D