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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: KDE2 license policy
From:       mosfet <mosfet () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-08-03 22:07:19
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Kevin Sproul wrote:
> 
> 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 :)
> 

Sorry, that's not the way things work.

> > > 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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