Re: kdesdk: GPLv2 and GPLv3+

On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 06:01:44PM -0800, Julius Davies wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm curious if a combination of GPLv2 and GPLv3+ files inside kdesdk
> might represent a license-incompatibility problem.  Here are the
> files:
> 
> 
> GPLv3+:
> ---------------
> kdesdk-4.3.2/kate/plugins/symbolviewer/bash_parser.cpp
> 
> 
> GPLv2:
> ---------------
> kdesdk-4.3.2/kbugbuster/gui/loadallbugsdlg.cpp
> kdesdk-4.3.2/kcachegrind/kcachegrind/[several files...]
> kdesdk-4.3.2/kcachegrind/libcore/[several files...]
> kdesdk-4.3.2/kcachegrind/libviews/[several files...]
> kdesdk-4.3.2/kcachegrind/qcachegrind/[several files...]
> kdesdk-4.3.2/strigi-analyzer/po/polineanalyzer.cpp
> kdesdk-4.3.2/strigi-analyzer/ts/tsthroughanalyzer.cpp
> 
> 
> 
> Do the GPLv2 files ever combine with the GPLv3 file when creating the binaries?
> 
> Are there are any dynamic links in-between the binary files created by
> these source files?

I've contacted the authors of these files, we'll see what they say.

Jonathan