proposed FAQ entries about licensing

Wed Apr 8 04:08:59 CDT 2009

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Judd Storrs <storrsjm at email.uc.edu> wrote:
> Since octave is a GNU project, I assume it is now GPLv3 only? Does
> this mean that we can't share .oct interfaces to GPLv2 only libraries
> because of GPLv2/v3 incompatibility?
>
> --judd
>

GPLv2 can be automatically promoted to GPLv3. So yes, you can
distribute them, but they will be covered by GPLv3. Assuming they link
to the newest interface, of course. Those linking to old interface may
remain under GPLv2.

-- 
RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
computing expert & GNU Octave developer
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz