From kde-devel Thu Jun 15 12:39:45 2000 From: Roberto Alsina Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:39:45 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: The Licencing Issue X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=96107287811810 On 15 Jun 2000, Philip Hands wrote: > Roberto Alsina writes: > > Then again, I did release software under very liberal licenses and Debian > > would still not accept it. KFTE is under the LGPL and there is no way to > > even start packaging for debian, because kdelibs is not in debian, > > although there is no licensing argument against it. > > OK, can I try to straighten this out. > > kdelibs was flushed from Debian at the same time as the other KDE > packages, because the copyright file declared that some file (I forget > which) was under the GPL. > > It turned out that that was a simple mistake, because the file in > question was available under either the GPL or the LGPL, and so > kdelibs should not have been removed, and should be allowed in as soon > as someone uploads a new version with a fixed copyright file. > > As far as I know (and I could be completely wrong, because I've not > been paying close attention) nobody has since uploaded a fixed > (i.e. with an accurate copyright file) kdelibs. This might be because > whoever was maintaining it (Stephan Kulow IIRC) thinks it's too much > effort to upload kdelibs alone, and is happy to maintain an APTable[1] > set of packages outside Debian. I am pretty sure coolo uploaded at least a KDE2 alpha package once. > Similarly, has anyone actually attempted to upload KFTE? It is impossible until kdelibs is in! > [2] Being an anarchic, voluntary effort, Debian's actions cannot > necessarily be judged as you might judge the actions of other > corporate entities. I judge them just like Debian judges the actions of the anarchic effort KDE is. Roughly. Tough cookies for Debian, and probably for me, too. ("\''/").__..-''"`-. . Roberto Alsina `9_ 9 ) `-. ( ).`-._.`) ralsina@conectiva.com.ar (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._`. " -.-' Director técnico _..`-'_..-_/ /-'_.' Conectiva SA (l)-'' ((i).' ((!.' Buenos Aires - Argentina KDE Developer (MFCH) "The stone age didn't end for a lack of stone" Firoz Rasul >> Visit http://master.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<