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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE Beta Release Schedule v2
From:       Don Sanders <dsanders () cch ! com ! au>
Date:       2000-05-05 22:25:39
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> mimelib has a dodgy license, I think:
> 
> "Licensee may not use the Software to develop a program, whether
>  free or not, that is used in a commercially offered service."
> 
> This looks to me like it forbids its inclusion in Linux distributions,
> and is one reason why I wrote librmm. I'm not trying to push librmm
> here, just feeling nervous about mimelib. The author didn't respond
> to me when I wrote to him about it over a year ago.

I've been told an exception was granted for KMail. The author does not 
respond to email in general.

BFN,
Don.

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