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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Noatun: Licensing, and a new one
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-01-02 19:05:55
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On Tuesday 02 January 2001 00:39, 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 ;)

The only license that allows you to incorporate GPL code is the GPL. That is 
pretty much the purpose of the GPL.

Second, having yet another license is a Bad Thing (tm). In order to 
effectively reuse code between open source projects it is important that the 
various code has compatible licensing and that developers are able to 
recognize that without consulting a lawyer.

Within KDE we use LGPL, BSD and artistic and for non-library code the GPL and 
QPL as well. I don't see what a new license would add that isn't covered by 
any of these existing licenses already.

Cheers,
Waldo
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