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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: yahoo_rewrite: kdenetwork/kopete/protocols/yahoo [POSSIBLY
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-09-23 12:25:54
Message-ID: 200409231425.58136.bastian () kde ! org
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On Thursday 23 September 2004 05:14, Matt Rogers wrote:
> CVS commit by mattr:
>
> Do it right this time. What can I say? CVS loves me. ;)
>
>   libkyahoo/sha.c
>   libkyahoo/sha.h

sha.c is licensed under the MPL version 1.1 and according to Mozilla and the 
FSF, this license is not compatible with the GPL or LGPL.

kdenetwork/kopete/protocols/yahoo/libyahoo2/sha.c is also affected by this.

See http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/mpl-faq.html:

"May I combine MPLed code and GPL-licensed code in the same binary? 

No, unless the MPLed code is also available under the GPL - for example using 
the mozilla.org tri-license. This is because the MPL imposes additional 
restrictions over and above those imposed by the GPL, which makes it 
incompatible with section 6 of the GPL."

See also http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/relicensing-faq.html

"The LGPL allows code released under LGPL terms to be combined in certain 
specified ways with code released under non-LGPL terms, as for example when 
releasing an application using a library consisting of code released under 
the LGPL. However the relevant LGPL provisions do not address all possible 
ways in which code released under the MPL and code released under the LGPL 
could be combined to form a larger work. In particular, when linking Mozilla 
source files directly into a library released under the LGPL, e.g., to extend 
the functionality of that library, the effect of the LGPL terms, and any 
potential license incompatibilities that might arise, appear to be similar to 
those associated with the GPL."

http://philosophysw.com/software/sha/ offers a sha implementation under a BSD 
license. I suggest to use that one instead.

Cheers,
Waldo
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