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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kdelibs (L)GPL question - just to be sure
From:       Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero () redhat ! de>
Date:       2000-12-31 13:25:24
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On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, mh wrote:

> In my Qt2.2.x app (GPL) I make use of the KProcess class (LGPL).
> After reading several threads on qt-interest, I thought
> this isn't a problem at all, but now, after reading
> "KDE 2 Development" I'm not longer sure that I don't break
> a license.

You aren't breaking a license.

> Does this mean
> 1. what I'm currently doing (adding some modified files of a LGPL'd library
> to a GPL'd app) is simply illegal.

No, as long as the app is GPL or LGPL, you can do it.
You just can't use the code in anything that is under a different license.

> 2. that the LGPL classes automatically turn in GPL code, and therfore there's
> no problem at all?

Yes. If you read the LGPL, you'll see it explicitly states all LGPL code
may be re-released under the GPL.

LLaP
bero


 
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