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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Relicensing another author's work
From:       Thiago Macieira <thiago () kde ! org>
Date:       2009-06-14 3:35:49
Message-ID: 200906140036.09216.thiago () kde ! org
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Raphael Kubo da Costa wrote:
>2009/6/12 Thiago Macieira <thiago@kde.org>:
>> Any new code must be either gplv2-or-later or
>> gplv2-or-v3-or-approved-by- e.V.
>>
>> See 4 and 5 in http://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy.
>
>Basically you all are saying that new code that's GPLv2-only isn't
>allowed into the code base. What about old code, like in this case?
>According to Sune it makes the whole Ark GPLv2-only and (I think) we
>are actually not allowed to even open an open file dialog.

Old code should be relicensed or rewritten.

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