Re: Relicensing Nautilus to GPLv3+

[Sébastien Wilmet <swilmet 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.

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Sébastien