Re: Linking to a GPLv3 library from a LGPLv2 library

On 28/02/14 15:53, Shantanu Tushar Jha wrote:
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> Hi folks,
> 
> We are trying to use the QxOrm library[1] into Plasma Media Center, the
> latter having LGPL v2 code for application logic libraries and GPLv2
> code for GUI bits. Sysadmin suggested that it might be a problem because
> QxOrm is a GPLv3 library and we're linking to it.

If PMC's overall license is GPL or LGPL v2 (rather than "v2 or later"),
then a binary version linked to QxOrm will not be distributable, because
it will not be possible to simultaneously satisfy the requirements of
the (L)GPLv2 PMC and the GPLv3 QxOrm.

This will be a problem for Linux distributions, or indeed any other
distribution method that does not involve the user compiling the
software on their own machine.

(As ever, I'm not a lawyer, and this is just my understanding of the
situation.)

Alex