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Subject: Re: [kde-community] licence policy updates
From: Albert Astals Cid <aacid () kde ! org>
Date: 2014-02-14 19:34:51
Message-ID: 19077410.IlL0vBQoBM () xps
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El Divendres, 14 de febrer de 2014, a les 10:31:24, Jonathan Riddell va
escriure:
> I've made some proposed changes to the KDE Licensing Policy
>
> http://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy/Draft
>
> Most significant is the inclusion of GPL 3+ as an option in response
> to a request by GCompris and a desire voiced by a few people not to
> treat it as an exception.
>
> Our current policy is designed to allow maxium code reuse around KDE
> and beyond, allowing GPL 3+ would mean some code could not be reused
> in GPL 2+ code without a relicence, but as pointed out this problem
> already happens when moving GPL 2 code to platform. The policy has
> nothing to do with whether GPL 2 or 3 is more or less commercially
> acceptable. Given a blank sheet I'd pick GPL 3 every time as it
> prevents DRM lock-in and patent abuse.
>
> Changes...
>
> #* '''GPL''' version 3 or later, where a KDE repository uses this it must be
> clearly marked by adding the full licence in a file called COPYING.GPL3 in
> the top directory of the repository ...and add GPL 3 headers
Do you guys think that it would make sense to explicitely suggest that
applications use the "GPL version 2 or version 3 or later versions approved by
the membership of KDE e.V. " variant unless they really have special needs in
aim to improve inter-app code shareability?
Cheers,
Albert
>
> kdebase-runtime -> kde-runtime
> add kde frameworks to "platform" needing LGPL
>
> #* Code copied from Qt may be licenced under '''GPL''' version 2 or version
> 3 or later versions approved by Trolltech ASA and the KDE Free Qt
> Foundation ->
> #* Code copied from Qt may be licenced under '''GPL''' version 2 or later
> versions
>
> Icons in kdelibs, kdepimlibs or kdebase runtime
> ->
> Icons in oxygen-icons
>
> add rationale at top
>
> add
> #:Note code may not be copied from Qt into KDE Platform as Qt is LGPL 2.1
> only which would prevent it being used under LGPL 3
>
> # Windows installer files using the WiX Toolset may be licenced under the
> Common Public Licence 1.0
>
>
> Jonathan
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