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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Introducing KTutorial, a library for interactive tutorials in KDE applications
From:       Luigi Toscano <luigi.toscano () tiscali ! it>
Date:       2012-08-30 23:28:54
Message-ID: 503FF736.7060902 () tiscali ! it
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Daniel Calvi=F1o S=E1nchez wrote:
>>> Also note that, even being a library, it is licensed under the GPLv3+
>>> (not the LGPL), so it can be used only by free (as in freedom)
>>> applications.
>>
>> This limits the use in KDE applications since GPLv3+ is not valid for KDE
>> applications according to our licensing policy
> =

> I had seen the licensing policy, but I thought it was just a
> requirement for code in KDE repositories. I mean, I thought that a KDE
> application was able to link against a GPLv3+ library as long as it
> did not link against a GPLv2 only library at the same time. And I also
> thought that KDE did not use GPLv2 libraries, and that the KDE GPLv2
> relicensing had been already done.

This is the current policy:
http://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy
See points 4 and 5.

Regards
-- =

Luigi

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