From kde-core-devel  Fri Oct 15 11:58:15 2004
From: Rob Kaper <cap () capsi ! com>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:58:15 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: License conflict for VM screensaver (kdeartwork)
Message-Id: <200410151358.18946.cap () capsi ! com>
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On Friday 15 October 2004 12:54pm, Andrew Coles wrote:
> On Friday 15 Oct 2004 11:37, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > I don't think I can because the other part of the license says
> > "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted provid=
ed
> > that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are duplicated in all
> > such forms ..."
>
> Then how about adding:
>
> The aforementioned advertising clause was officially retracted in 1999:
> licensees and distributors are no longer required to include the
> acknowledgement within advertising materials.  As such, this licence is
> compatible with the GNU GPL, for those concerned.

That retraction is only valid for original BSD code, not for any changes to=
=20
it. Unless copyright was explicitely reassigned to them, the original autho=
rs=20
cannot strike any of the redistribution conditions from work by others. If=
=20
any changes were made by us we'll need those committers to distance=20
themselves from the advertising clause as well.=20

I doubt any of the contributors considers the advertising clause a necessit=
y=20
for their contribution, but better be safe than sorry: it could be the case=
=2E=20
Just because BSD no longer requires it doesn't mean the other committers=20
cannot.

Rob
=2D-=20
Rob Kaper     | "Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had
cap@capsi.com | better learn baseball" -- Jacques Barzun

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