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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KProprietary
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-08-05 21:25:15
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On Sat, 05 Aug 2000, Alex Zepeda wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Neil Stevens wrote:
> > Free software licenses don't exclude anyone - they offer to share with
> > everyone.  If someone chooses to exclude himself, by not sharing in
> > return, then let him suffer the consequences of his choice.
>
> Well it depends on what you consider free.  The GPL for instance, does
> exclude and restrict people.  But this is the wrong ml for this
> discussion.
>
> > One can be commercial, and still be open, after all.
>
> Yes.  But this is still the wrong place for this discussion.
>
> IMO, if one wanted to include a different license, they should just
> subclass the KAboutDialog stuff, and use License::Other (that we should
> provide).  

Since yesterday it is even simpler. You can call either 
KAboutData::setLicenseText(QString text) or 
KAboutData::setLicenseTextFile(QString filename).

Cheers,
Waldo
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