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Subject:    using <legalnotice> with something other than FDL
From:       Robby Stephenson <robby () periapsis ! org>
Date:       2011-10-27 4:19:10
Message-ID: 201110262119.10825.robby () periapsis ! org
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Hi,

I'm the primary author of Tellico (http://tellico-project.org) and it was 
recently brought to my attention that the licensing information I had 
included in the Tellico documentation was failing to render correctly in 
khelpcenter.

Essentially, in addition to licensing the Tellico documentation under the 
GNU FDL, I have released it with a triple-license under the GPL and BSD 
Documentation License. This was done back in 2006, largely in response to 
the Debian resolution considering whether to remove FDL-licensed 
documentation.

I'd like to keep that triple license, and as far as I know, KDE requires the 
FDL license for documentation, but does not limit to just the FDL.  Please 
correct me if someone knows better. I'm basing that on what I read at 
http://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy

However, looking at the kde-chunk.xsl file in 
kdelibs/kdoctools/customization, the <legalnotice> element is hard-coded to 
just show a link to the FDL, no matter what I actually write inside the 
<legalnotice> element.

I would consider that a bug, but is there a workaround? Or does anyone know 
why that decision was made? Is there an alternate element for non-FDL 
licensing info in KDE documentation? Should I try to figure out a patch to 
change the behavior?

Thanks,
Robby
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