[MPlayer-dev-eng] MPlayer license versioning issue

[Andrew Savchenko]

Hello, all.

May I use parts of mplayer code under GPL v3 version or it is 
forbidden?

I'm not a lawyer, but as I understood, GPL v2 and v3 are strictly 
speaking incompatible. The only exeption is when author mentioned 
"GPL v2 or any later" or doesn't specify GPL license version at 
all. I'm somewhat misundenstand this sentence in the Copyright 
file: "You are free to use it under the terms of the GNU General 
Public License, as described in the LICENSE file." Does this mean 
strictly GPL v2 (LICENSE file), or imply possibility to use any 
version of GPL and v2 in particular, because GPL version is not 
specified in the Copyright file?

To be more exact, I'm interesting in using parts of configure 
script. My project is not multimedia related, but this script 
contains a lot of usefull routines and it is not autoconf-based 
crap, so it will be handy.

In the case of impossibility to use this code under GPL v3, I'm 
wondering if it is possible to distribute build system of a 
program under GPL license version different from the main code?
In other words, wouldi it be legal to use GPL v2 for configure 
script, makefile prototypes and similar stuff along with 
simaltaneously usage of GPL v3 for the C program code?
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