Marc Haber <[email protected]> writes: > On Wed, Jun 03, 2026 at 01:50:29PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: >>In your example: >> >>permissive + GPL 2 or later + GPL 3 or later = GPL 3 or later > > Do we have documented which licenses include others? Or do I need to > have a doctorate in international copyright law to be a Debian > Developer?
I merged several licenses into one (LGPLv2+, GPLv2+, GPLv3+) into GPLv3+ because upstream licensing for 'globalplatform' was inconsistent, and was told by DFSG team to not merge things but to provide all upstream copyright notices and license headers. Working out the mess (further complicated by OpenSSL exceptions) is still in progress together with upstream. I'm not sure this preference in Debian is documented fully, and it would be useful to clarify. For simplicity I have had a desire to merge a bunch of (L)GPL licensed code simply as GPLv3+ to save time and reduce complexity, but this doesn't seem permitted. It is legally fine, (L)GPL+ code normally allows consumers to upgrade to latest version and Debian is permitted to use code under a upgraded license. /Simon
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