[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: SkyOS
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-11-29 23:45:01
[Download RAW message or body]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

[Adding Robert to the CC]

On Sat November 29 2003 23:54, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote:
> One quick note, and then I'll drop it:
>
> SkyNet is currently distributed with 4.0a, and Robert has said he won't
> ship any sources till 5.0 is released.  If the KDE developers have no
> objections to that, then I'm happy to just let things be.

If he ships or has shipped 4.0a then he is under the legal obligation to 
provide the source code for 4.0a when so requested for a period of at least 3 
years. (Clause 3b of the GPL and/or clause 6b of the LGPL) This applies of 
course only to the parts that are affected by the GPL / LGPL.

Now, I believe that I read somewhere that he stated that he no longer had the 
source from which 4.0a was build (Note: this is why you want to use a source 
repository such as cvs!) That's of course very unfortunate if true, but he 
seems to have good intentions from version 5.0 on, so I don't see reason to 
be pedantic about that.

Now that Robert is fully aware of his obligations, I assume he will make sure 
to keep track of the source code used for all binary version that he 
distributes in the future. If that is too much work then the alternative is 
to provide the source code together with the binaries (Clause 3a of the GPL 
and/or clause 6a of the LGPL). Failure to do so will lead to termination of 
the license under clause 4 of the GPL and/or clause 8 of the LGPL. 

Please note that the above represents my interpretation of the GPL / LGPL and 
my opinion as a copyright holder of KHTML; the above does not necasserily 
represent the view of other copyright holders.

Cheers,
Waldo
- -- 
bastian@kde.org -=|[ SUSE, The Linux Desktop Experts ]|=- bastian@suse.com
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org

iD8DBQE/yS9+N4pvrENfboIRAl6zAKCKZA0FLfnpaUl62LNTQJUViGuo5wCfS/s2
w58nf/KLhicbsyGMIKFMgYI=
=wEf7
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
 
>> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]