[theme-reviewers] Are GPLv2 fonts allowed in GPLv3 licensed theme?

Justin Tadlock justin at justintadlock.com
Tue Nov 5 23:48:23 UTC 2013


Genericons are licensed under the GPL 2+.  Specifically, they are 
licensed under the GPL v2 but you can modify and/or redistribute them 
under a later version of the license.

On 11/5/2013 5:41 PM, Afzaal wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm reviewing a theme, and a bundled font (genericons) but the license 
> says it's GPLv2. Not sure if there's a conflict between using this in 
> a GPLv3 licensed theme. Does anyone have any thoughts?
>
> Should I ask the theme author to change the theme license to GPLv2?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Afzaal
>
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