> Eh, this exception doesn't change that the GPLv2 program perceives the > GPLv3 as incompatible. Why would it?
Is it GPLv2 or GPLv2+? If the latter (the license includes something like "either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version"), then nothing prevents you from distributing the program under GPLv3+ instead of GPLv2+. Arno