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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Introducing KTutorial, a library for interactive tutorials in KDE applications
From:       Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi () kde ! org>
Date:       2012-08-31 20:34:13
Message-ID: 20120831203413.GA16061 () ugly ! local
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On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 01:28:54AM +0200, Luigi Toscano wrote:
> 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.
> =

which in no way says that applications may not link to as many gpl
libraries as they want to.

the only limitation is that ktutorial cannot become an official part of
the kde frameworks. which the author can give a damn about when every
kde application worth mentioning links against it.

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