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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Noatun: Licensing, and a new one
From:       Hetz Ben Hamo <hetz () linuxqa ! com>
Date:       2001-01-02 9:03:03
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Hi,

Sorry to be sound flaming, but wait till this get into slashdot - KDE won't get
PR points from this - be sure of that...

Why can't it be licensed under GPL or LGPL?? (sorry for the naive question)..

Do we really need a new license?

Hetz

Charles Samuels wrote:
> 
> Noatun has been under the artistic license for quite a while (it originally
> was under the GPL).  The artistic license is slightly problematic in that it
> isn't GPL-compatible, making it difficult for me to swipe XMMS code ;)
> 
> So, I present to you the KDE License.  I name it the KDE license because I
> hope that more KDE applications adopt it.  I also forward this to kde-devel
> as a hint for KAboutData::License_KDE to be added to that enum :)
> 
> First, I'm changing the license of libnoatun to this license, so I need
> permission from Neil Stevens, Stefan Westerfeld, Malte Starostik, and Nikolas
> Zimmermann.  All of these have commited to libnoatun
> (kdemultimedia/noatun/noatun/library).  Basically, send me an email saying "I
> allow Noatun to switch to The KDE License," since I'm not waiting in line to
> be sued.
> 
> The license is pasted below.  It's based off the zlib license, it's GPL
> compatible, just slightly more restrictive than the X-license (e.g., pretty
> darn free-as-in-speech), and very similar to the BSD license.
> 
> The KDE license:
> 
>   This software is provided "as-is", without any express or implied
>   warranty.  In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
>   arising from the use of this software.
> 
>   Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
>   including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
>   freely, subject to the following restrictions:
> 
>   1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
>      claim that you wrote the original software.  You must take reasonable
>      measures to make this copyright and license notice known to the user.
>   2. The name of a copyright holder shall not be used in advertising or
>      otherwise to promote the sale of this Software or any derived works
>      thereof without prior written authorization of the copyright holder.
>   3. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
>      misrepresented as being the original software.
>   4. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
> 
> 
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