No
You cannot include GNU General Public License v2.0 code in a BSD 2-Clause License-licensed project and ship the result under BSD 2-Clause License. GNU General Public License v2.0 requires the combined work to be distributed under GNU General Public License v2.0 (or compatible). If your project is meant to stay BSD 2-Clause License-only, do not include GNU General Public License v2.0 code in it.
| License | Family | Patent grant |
|---|---|---|
| GNU General Public License v2.0 (GPL-2.0) | strong-copyleft | No (implicit at most) |
| BSD 2-Clause License (BSD-2-Clause) | permissive | No (implicit at most) |
GNU General Public License v2.0: Strong copyleft: derivative works distributed must also be GPL-2.0.
BSD 2-Clause License: Two-clause BSD: very similar to MIT, no patent grant.
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