> OK, so there are some proprietary or otherwise encumbered plugins > that might not be GPLv3-compatible but might be compatible with GPLv2.
You again missed the "GPLv2 with exceptions" part. >> Plus, this practice of either using LGPLv2+ or GPLv2+ with exceptions for >> applications is so widespread in GStreamer land (Totem, PiTiVi, Rhythmbox, >> Transmageddon, etc.) that I was not comfortable with having a situation >> where the application silently ends up under a different license due to >> another library. > > I don't think that's a problem because the whole purpose of the > "or any later version of the GPL, at your choice" is to allow > the GPL to be updated. You don't think that it is a problem that our downstreams might inadvertently end up violating the GPL by shipping GPLv3 code that links to non-free software? I am not saying they are, but the chances are too high for me to take this lightly. Cheers, Debarshi -- There are two hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things and off-by-one errors.
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