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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: KDE2 license policy
From:       Kevin Sproul <forge () myrealbox ! com>
Date:       2000-08-03 20:37:47
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mosfet wrote:
> 
> Kevin Sproul wrote:
> >
> > Derek Fountain wrote:
> > >
> > > In short, I was wondering if I took a GNU tool, say
> > > something from GNOME, and rewrote parts of it (like the
> > > interface) so it worked under KDE, would that not be allowed
> > > into the KDE project?
> >   --
> > It's a simple policy called "Respect for other people's code
> > and opinions".  If they put Gnome stuff into KDE some of the
> > Gnome people would object so they only use gnome stuff with
> > the permission of the copyright holders if at all.
> 
> Hrm, the reverse doesn't apply... Gnome uses several parts of KDE (like
> our old HTML widget), and didn't ask permission. As a matter of fact,
> they removed the copyrights from the source files of the original KDE
> authors until they demanded they be put back in. So much for "respect"
> ;-)

So maybe they don't respect you.  That doesn't stop you from 
respecting them :) 

> > It's not really a licensing issue since the KDE people will
> > tell you it's legal anyway.  It's about respect and simply
> > being nice.
> >
> > Besides who wants another screeching and screaming session
> > like we had over Kimp ( an application which was never
> > distributed )
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