[x264-devel] [PATCH] config: Update to a recent gnuconfig

[edgar.soldin at web.de]

On 02.02.2017 16:37, Henrik Gramner wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Luca Barbato <lu_zero at gentoo.org> wrote:
>>  # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
>>  # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>> -# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
>> +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
>>  # (at your option) any later version.
> 
> Not legally possible due to incompatibility with the existing "GPLv2
> or later" x264 license since GPL classifies "scripts used to control
> compilation" as source code.
> 
> Thanks GNU.

well, no. of course anybody can relicense "GPL2 or later" to "GPL3 or later". relicensing back to "GPL2 or later" wouldn't be possible anymore.

code based on this relicensed component would be needed to be (re)licensed to "GPL3 or later" as well because of GPL's virulent nature.

wrt. derived code. it is perfectly legal to say derive code from "GPL2 or later" and license it "GPL3 or later". surely it's not optimal to mix both licenses, but there should be no legal reason not to do so as long as one does not tries to downgrade the license.

Henrik, can you explain in more detail why you think there is an incompatibility here?

..ede