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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Introducing KTutorial, a library for interactive tutorials in KDE applications
From:       Kevin Krammer <krammer () kde ! org>
Date:       2012-08-31 14:04:43
Message-ID: 201208311604.48678.krammer () kde ! org
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On Friday, 2012-08-31, Daniel Calviño Sánchez 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.

Right.

> 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.

Right.

> And I also
> thought that KDE did not use GPLv2 libraries, and that the KDE GPLv2
> relicensing had been already done.

Seems also right. The only problem would be if any of those applications also 
uses a GPL v2 library not hosted in KDE's repositories.

> > Also I think we'd all welcome you to develop in git.kde.org instead of in
> > sourceforge where it's more difficult to get KDE people to "see" your
> > project.
> 
> It is hosted in SourceForge due to "historic reasons". I think too
> that it would be better to develop KTutorial on git.kde.org instead.

In which case you would have to at least licence as
GPL version 2 or version 3 or later versions approved by the membership of KDE 
e.V.

Cheers,
Kevin
-- 
Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer
KDE user support, developer mentoring

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