Re: Relicensing Nautilus to GPLv3+

[Carlos Soriano <csoriano protonmail com>]

This is done now in https://git.gnome.org/browse/nautilus/commit/?id=365ec7f7ac1cec51dc0248dd05b17cb78252a788

Thanks all for the input!

Best,

Carlos Soriano

-------- Original Message --------

Subject: Re: Relicensing Nautilus to GPLv3+

Local Time: May 28, 2017 3:30 PM

UTC Time: May 28, 2017 1:30 PM

From: swilmet gnome org

To: Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>

desktop-devel-list gnome org <desktop-devel-list gnome org>

On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 03:20:49PM +0200, Bastien Nocera wrote:

> On Thu, 2017-05-25 at 12:08 +0200, Sébastien Wilmet wrote:

> > For LGPL -> GPL, you need the explicit approval of all copyright

> > holders.

>

> No, you don't. It says right in the license that you can use LGPL

> sources as GPL if you so wish:

> "you may convey a copy of the modified version [...] under the GNU GPL,

> with none of the additional permissions of this License applicable to

> that copy."

>

> Meaning that you can strip the additional permissions in the LGPL to

> make it GPL without asking anyone.

Oh, thanks for correcting me. Good to know.

I confused with GPL -> LGPL.

--

Sébastien

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