Le nonidi 29 brumaire, an CCXXIII, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit : > Possibly we can simplify even further: > > * Have package libavcodec-extra-NN provide virtual libavcodec-extra > (i.e. non-versioned name of itself) > * Let GPLv2 packages conflict against libavcodec-extra (i.e. not > replace but complement existing suggests/recommends/depends). > > How does that sound?
I think this discussion has lost something from view: It is perfectly legal and compatible with the license to USE a GPLv2 program with a GPLv3 shared library or the other way around. Licenses can only control distribution, not use, and the GPL does not try to do so. Therefore, I do not believe this kind of conflict is in the users' best interest. Actually, there is not much that Debian must do to ensure compliance with the licenses. Possibly prevent BUILD a binary .deb package from GPLv2 source when the GPLv3 library is installed. IANAL, but IMHO the core of the problem is that the distribution constraints from the GPL are easy to circumvent with shared libraries. And FFmpeg, with its optional license settings, already did all the work needed to do so. Regards, -- Nicolas George -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-multimedia-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141119124814.ga15...@phare.normalesup.org