Re: [libredwg] Re: [GRASS-dev] licensing question

[Felipe Sanches]

>> Question:
>> Is there a licensing problem?
>
> I don't think so. And I don't think that there's a problem including a
> LibreDWG-based version of v.in.dwg in any binary release.
>
> All of the GRASS source code can be distributed under the terms of
> GPLv2 or later, which allows distibution under the terms of GPLv3.
>
> I'm not sure what (if anything) it means for a binary package to be
> "GPLv3 or later" when all of the source code is available under the
> "GPLv2 or later" terms.

It means that in order to release a binary package of GRASS including
LibreDWG the GRASS source code license must be upgraded to from "GPLv2
or later" to "GPLv3 or later".

Felipe Sanches