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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: EBN: Copyright and License
From:       Brad Hards <bradh () frogmouth ! net>
Date:       2007-07-17 10:05:48
Message-ID: 200707172005.54958.bradh () frogmouth ! net
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On Tuesday 17 July 2007 19:03, Ian Wadham wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:49 pm, Brad Hards wrote:
> > It isn't that simple, because you (or I) can't license the code. Only the
> > the original author(s) can do so.
> >
> > So you need to track down the copyright holders, and seek guidance
> > on what license should be on each file.
>
> So if I am an original author, what do I do?  Or maybe *that* is not
> that simple either.  How can I tell what licence I should have?  All
> I want to do is give my code to the world.  I thought I was doing that
> by using KDE as a publisher.  Does not KDE take care of this?
>
> Another issue, what is the significance of GPL v3?  Is KDE 4
> adopting it?  According the my local Linux group, it is a "must have",
> but I do not fully understand why.
I have very definite views, but I think these questions are best asked on the 
kde-licensing mailing list.

Brad

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