Comment Comment by treffer Compatibility as I understand it means "mixing this in a project is OK".This is the case if the 2 license aren't at odds. Usually one license is stricter and you have to adhere to that one for the combined work.A counter-example is GPLv2 and Apache license. Those 2 are incompatible. This was fixed with GPLv3 and you can often upgrade to GPLv3.So no, this won't allow you to relicense as GPLv2. But you can use GPLv2 code.This is especially relevant if you have such code redistribution clauses. parent treffer 1 year ago
This is the case if the 2 license aren't at odds. Usually one license is stricter and you have to adhere to that one for the combined work.
A counter-example is GPLv2 and Apache license. Those 2 are incompatible. This was fixed with GPLv3 and you can often upgrade to GPLv3.
So no, this won't allow you to relicense as GPLv2. But you can use GPLv2 code.
This is especially relevant if you have such code redistribution clauses.