Re: Relicensing Nautilus to GPLv3+

Michael Catanzaro <[email protected]> Wed, 17 May 2017 09:45:35 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.desktop,gmane.comp.gnome.nautilus
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 9:20 AM, Bastien Nocera <[email protected]> 
wrote:
> If nautilus is GPLv3+, that means we can't link it against GPLv2-only
> or LGPLv2-only libraries in the extensions. I'm also not opening the
> can of worms that is non-GPL-compatible dependencies of extensions
> (such as proprietary, or patent-encumbered GStreamer plugins), because
> that's an existing problem.
> 
> What's the end goal for relicensing? What problems do the current
> license cause that require a relicense?
> 
> Cheers

Sounds like the license is already GPLv3+, since it uses GPLv3+ source 
files, and the existing GPLv2+ notices are incorrect or misleading.

Michael