[theme-reviewers] "GPL 2 or later" and Bootstrap

[Kirk Wight]

That's what I figured; thanks Chip, will require the change.

On 29 January 2013 08:26, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> "GPLv2 or later" means that a downstream derivative may release under
> GPLv2 or GPLv3.
>
> In this case, since Bootstrap is licensed under Apache 2.0, which is
> compatible with GPLv3 but *not* compatible with GPLv2, the Theme itself
> must be GPLv3 (explicitly), rather than the more permissive/ambiguous
> "GPLv2 or later".
>
> Regards,
>
> Chip
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Kirk Wight <kwight at kwight.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm reviewing a theme that includes Twitter Bootstrap, which I understand
>> would require licensing the theme as GPL v3. Style.css gives the license as
>> "GNU General Public License v2 or later".
>>
>> What does that even mean? I know none of us are lawyers, but because of
>> the Bootstrap inclusion, should we require the GPL v3 license? And can you
>> even start with "v2 or later" and then specify v3?
>>
>> Oy, licensing...
>>
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