Jack Howarth <howa...@bromo.med.uc.edu> writes: > [...] > Alternatively, perhaps Apple could clarify their own license file to > clearly indicate that they do not prohibit their GPLv2 code from being > relicensed as GPLv3-only code. After all, this doesn't really change > the licensing status of Apple's changes in their gcc sources as they stay > at GPLv2.
There is no *licensing* problem with putting a piece of GPLv2+ code into a GPLv3+ application, or having a mixture of copyright holders. It's just that the FSF is not interested in merging such code into FSF GCC releases for policy reasons. (Anyone else could legally ship such a merged copy; see the FSF license compatibility matrix at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html) - FChE
