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YetAnotherNick · 2020-08-21 16:50:20

What's the problem with GPLv2 licensed app?

antocv | karma 2239 | avg karma 2.11 · | 2014-04-11 05:03:19

What is wrong with gpl v2?

jhasse | karma 2231 | avg karma 1.27 · | 2017-09-23 08:08:42

Maybe because it's incompatible with the GPLv2.

rahimnathwani | karma 13100 | avg karma 2.41 · | 2018-05-07 23:09:12

I'm curious to know why GPLv2 makes it difficult for your use-case. Are you developing software that your clients install or host themselves?

muyuu | karma 2824 | avg karma 1.79 · | 2014-10-18 21:46:23+00:00

What's the problem in GPLv2 for a code analysis tool?

unethical_ban | karma 9247 | avg karma 2.01 · | 2016-06-28 19:53:39

What's wrong with GPL2 for adoption?

gkya | karma 4805 | avg karma 2.02 · | 2016-07-25 14:47:24+00:00

AFAIK there's an issue with GPLv3.

deliminator | karma 80 | avg karma 2.11 · | 2012-10-14 20:38:02+00:00

The License was changed recently to GPLv2.

bad_user | karma 29557 | avg karma 3.94 · | 2016-08-25 20:31:55+00:00

GPLv3 is cool as open source goes, but is pretty restrictive. Basically you can't link to it and distribute your app without it being open source. A company like Google can probably not use it.

rahimnathwani | karma 13100 | avg karma 2.41 · | 2018-05-08 05:40:44+00:00

I don't see anything problematic in GPLv2 if the software is running on your own machines.

bratsche | karma 1397 | avg karma 3.71 · | 2013-05-13 02:49:49+00:00

There are also a lot of desktop apps that are GPLv2 that don't have the "or a later version" phrase, which makes them incompatible with GPLv3.

guipsp | karma 737 | avg karma 2.16 · | 2014-09-19 13:03:20

GPLv2

zbowling | karma 2345 | avg karma 4.72 · | 2014-01-24 18:58:12+00:00

That is an additional issue but only concerns GPLv3. GPLv2 is restricted for the reasons I mentioned above.

teacup50 | karma 1974 | avg karma 2.06 · | 2016-06-28 18:10:31+00:00

GPLv2 doesn't work for in-kernel code, or for code that could be used as a library.

skybrian | karma 22817 | avg karma 2.5 · | 2015-03-06 17:05:43+00:00

That seems a bit drastic. If the GPLv2 doesn't do what you want it to do, perhaps another license will work better?

joatmon-snoo | karma 2165 | avg karma 4.08 · | 2016-07-19 18:38:06+00:00

It's a problem with GPLv3, but for most other open-source licenses (e.g. BSD MIT) it isn't.

Somasis | karma 293 | avg karma 6.37 · | 2015-03-24 02:38:41

Assuming this is aiming to be a Linux replacement, GPLv3 certainly isn't the right choice for a license.

orangecat | karma 9137 | avg karma 3.92 · | 2010-09-20 14:04:22

GPLv2 is probably ok, GPLv3 probably isn't.

actionfromafar | karma 6262 | avg karma 1.82 · | 2023-07-08 00:45:58

For GPLv2

mpitt | karma 282 | avg karma 4.7 · | 2016-10-05 10:24:54+00:00

Why GPL v2?