samba license change

[Hans de Goede]

Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Alexander Larsson (alexl at redhat.com) said: 
>>> gnome-vfs2.spec has:
>>> License: LGPLv2 and LGPL+ and GPL+
>>> # the daemon and the library are LGPLv2
>>> # the modules are LGPL+ and GPL+
>>>
>>> libsmbclient is used in modules/smb-method.c, which carries a GPLv2+ notice.  
>>> (Dunno if omission of GPLv2+ qualifies as a bug in gnome-vfs2's License tag.)
>> Furthermore, the smb module is run in the daemon, so the license of it
>> doesn't affect applications linking to gnome-vfs.
> 
> But if it's run *in the daemon*, and the daemon is LGPLv2 (only)....
> 

Not a problem then as LGPLv2 may be converted to GPLv2+, and thus is GPLv3 
compatible.

Regards,

Hans