Jesse Hannah wrote:
> But I could license the LGPL v2.1 parts under the LGPL v3:
>
> This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> version 2.1 of the License, ***or (at your option) any later
> version.***
If the library says that, then yes. But not all LGPL libraries carry
that particular message.
> The way I'm reading that, I'm free to redistribute the library under
> the LGPL v3 if I want to, meaning (presumably) that I can use it with
> a GPLv3 program. Does that sound right?
Yes, because the LGPLv3 allows conversion of the license to GPLv3.
With that conversion you can comply with GPLv3 for the entire work.
Arnoud
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