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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KArchie License
From:       Matthias Kalle Dalheimer <kalle () dalheimer ! de>
Date:       2000-08-02 18:03:21
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Am Mit, 02 Aug 2000 schrieb Andreas Pour:
> Hi,
>
> I happened to look at the license for karchie.  Karchie contains a bunch
> of files from the University of Washington which implement Prospero.
> All of these have a restriction to the effect of:
>
>   Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
>   documentation for non-commercial purposes and without fee is hereby
> --------------------++++++++++++++
>   granted
>
> Thus, I wonder if it's a mistake that it's included in any kde core
> package (well, it's now in kdenonbeta), or if the license specified has
> been overridden somehow, in which case the license text should be
> updated.
>
> As it stands, it seems that it would be a copyright violation for anyone
> to sell CDs with this package on it, or even possibly for a business to
> use it.

Yes, it's out of kdenetwork anyway (not for license purposes) and will even 
be removed from kdenonbeta if nobody cries out load.

Kalle

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