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Subject: Re: KItemModels, Solid & KJS licenses
From: Ivan Čukić <ivan.cukic () kde ! org>
Date: 2014-02-27 15:18:15
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> other files: Ivan Čukić. Touched by me (not enough for me to hold any
> copyright, though)
@Shumski : to repeat my answer on IRC, you have my permission to change to
LGPL
On 26 February 2014 18:42, Alex Merry <alex.merry@kde.org> wrote:
> On 20/02/14 11:41, Alex Merry wrote:
> >> [1] https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/223061
> >
> > KItemModels
> >
> > kcheckableproxymodel.(cpp|h) is Stephen Kelly (and, for safety, David
> > Faure).
>
> Changed.
>
> > modeltest.(cpp|h) were taken from Qt Concurrent, and subsequently
> > modified by Stephen Kelly, and touched by David Faure and Aurélien
> > Gâteau (but I don't think the latter two count as copyright holders,
> > judging from the commit messages).
>
> So we can't just relicense this, because it is forked from a GPL-only
> file, and Digia have only public LGPL-licensed a later version of it.
> Just dropping in the new (LGPLv2.1) file seems to work, though. That,
> however, means that this code is LGPLv2, rather than LGPLv2+.
>
> > David is on record as being happy with relicensing to LGPLv2+ (with or
> > without the e.V. clause) - see relicensecheck.pl in kde:kde-dev-scripts.
> >
> >> [1] https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/223093
> >
> > KJS
> >
> > propertydescriptor.(cpp|h) is Bernd Buschinski. Possibly also David
> > Faure (although, as already noted, David's code is not an issue). git
> > log runs out early, though, so more investigation might be needed.
>
> Changed.
>
> >> [1] https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/223081
> >
> > Solid
> >
> > predicate_parser.(c|h) are false positives (Bison-generated; the
> > skeleton has a license exception).
> >
> > other files: Ivan Čukić. Touched by me (not enough for me to hold any
> > copyright, though) and Volker Krause (arguably the same, but he's on
> > record as being happy with LGPLv2+ anyway, although without the e.V.
> > clause).
>
> Still waiting.
>
> Alex
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Cheerio,
Ivan
--
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Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun
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<div dir="ltr"><div>> other files: Ivan Čukić. Touched by me (not enough for me to hold \
any</div><div>> copyright, though) </div><div><br></div><div>@Shumski : to repeat my answer \
on IRC, you have my permission to change to LGPL</div> <div><br></div></div><div \
class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 February 2014 18:42, Alex Merry \
<span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alex.merry@kde.org" \
target="_blank">alex.merry@kde.org</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="">On 20/02/14 \
11:41, Alex Merry wrote:<br> >> [1] <a \
href="https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/223061" \
target="_blank">https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/223061</a><br> ><br>
> KItemModels<br>
><br>
> kcheckableproxymodel.(cpp|h) is Stephen Kelly (and, for safety, David<br>
> Faure).<br>
<br>
</div>Changed.<br>
<div class=""><br>
> modeltest.(cpp|h) were taken from Qt Concurrent, and subsequently<br>
> modified by Stephen Kelly, and touched by David Faure and Aurélien<br>
> Gâteau (but I don't think the latter two count as copyright holders,<br>
> judging from the commit messages).<br>
<br>
</div>So we can't just relicense this, because it is forked from a GPL-only<br>
file, and Digia have only public LGPL-licensed a later version of it.<br>
Just dropping in the new (LGPLv2.1) file seems to work, though. That,<br>
however, means that this code is LGPLv2, rather than LGPLv2+.<br>
<div class=""><br>
> David is on record as being happy with relicensing to LGPLv2+ (with or<br>
> without the e.V. clause) - see <a href="http://relicensecheck.pl" \
target="_blank">relicensecheck.pl</a> in kde:kde-dev-scripts.<br> ><br>
>> [1] <a href="https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/223093" \
target="_blank">https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/223093</a><br> ><br>
> KJS<br>
><br>
> propertydescriptor.(cpp|h) is Bernd Buschinski. Possibly also David<br>
> Faure (although, as already noted, David's code is not an issue). git<br>
> log runs out early, though, so more investigation might be needed.<br>
<br>
</div>Changed.<br>
<div class=""><br>
>> [1] <a href="https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/223081" \
target="_blank">https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/223081</a><br> ><br>
> Solid<br>
><br>
> predicate_parser.(c|h) are false positives (Bison-generated; the<br>
> skeleton has a license exception).<br>
><br>
> other files: Ivan Čukić. Touched by me (not enough for me to hold any<br>
> copyright, though) and Volker Krause (arguably the same, but he's on<br>
> record as being happy with LGPLv2+ anyway, although without the e.V.<br>
> clause).<br>
<br>
</div>Still waiting.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Alex<br>
</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div \
class="h5">_______________________________________________<br> Kde-frameworks-devel mailing \
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- \
<br>Cheerio,<br>Ivan<br><br>--<br>While you were hanging yourself on someone else's \
words<br>Dying to believe in what you heard<br>I was staring straight into the shining sun \
</div>
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