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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 22:17:38
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On Tuesday 02 January 2001 12:41, Charles Samuels wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 January 2001 11:57 am, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > 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.
>
> But linking with libnoatun is legal, if the linkee is GPL and the library
> (libnoatun) is not, there's nothing wrong with that.  Artistic isn't
> compatible with GPL at all, which won't allow this, so I must switch.  this
> new license is GPL compatible.

I see, but can't you use LGPL or BSD in that case?

Cheers,
Waldo
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