Re: Question about multiple licenses

[Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>]

Alex Vong writes:

> Based on the above general argument, I think we should list all the
> licenses instead of just GPLv2+ since it would be inaccurate to say that
> the whole program is under just GPLv2+.

Listing all the licenses does seem like the safest thing to do.

> Also, in this particular case, since ASL2.0 is incompatible with GPLv2,
> we actually need to take advantage of the "or later" clause, and
> "upgrades" it to "GPLv3+".

Is there any Guix package where we have actually done such a license
upgrade?

> Listing the license as GPLv2+ would confuse the user that GPLv2 covers
> the program, but in fact it is "effectively" GPLv3.
>
> Of course, I am not a lawyer. I only get the info from reading the
> web. So I could be saying nonsense...
>
> [0]: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#AllCompatibility