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Re: Qt License Change
From: Bálint Réczey <balint () balintreczey hu>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 00:23:58 +0200
Hi, 2014-08-20 18:36 GMT+02:00 ronnie sahlberg <ronniesahlberg () gmail com>:
I think the biggest gotcha with LGPLv3 is that it is no longer compatible with GPLv2 only code. Wireshark does not have any GPLv2only code right? If not, we should be ok. On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Evan Huus <eapache () gmail com> wrote:http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2014/08/20/adding-lgpl-v3-to-qt/ I don't *think* this affects us, but I haven't thought about it too hard.
I think this license change may be problematic for companies distributing Wireshark with new LGPLv3-covered Qt if they don't want to share their patents covering Qt for free (due to LGPLv3's patent clause). Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer and this is not a legal advice. Cheers, Balint ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev () wireshark org> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-request () wireshark org?subject=unsubscribe
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