On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 16:03 -0700, Brian J. Tarricone wrote: > "You may opt to apply the terms of the ordinary GNU General Public > License instead of this License to a given copy of the Library. [...] > (If a newer version than version 2 of the ordinary GNU General Public > License has appeared, then you can specify that version instead if > you > wish.)" > > Personally I think this clause is kinda ridiculous, but it's there, > nonetheless.
It is there because implicitely LGPL code linked with GPL code becomes GPL as a whole[1], just because LGPL allow setting restriction that the GPL does not allow (hence the "Lesser-" part in the name). Similarly how the v2+ is compatible with v3+ via the upgrade part of the licence. Hub [1] Where are talking about a whole software as it is being redistributed. _______________________________________________ gtk-devel-list mailing list gtk-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list