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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: mimelib licenses
From:       "Kevin Sproul" <forge () myrealbox ! com>
Date:       2002-10-29 12:08:53
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Yep.  This looks like an oversight that needs to be sorted out by someone with CVS access, \
decent scripting skills and known to the author as reprisenting KDE.

Every source file has the same exact header.  Which should make a search and replace posible.

Note however that there is a GPL "LICENSE" file in the folder.  Also the CVS tags on mimelib \
indicate "Please change the license to GPL.  I would do it myself if I had time."

This is not nesiserily a good thing.  You see, Mimelib is a library.  As such it realy neads \
LGPL coverage.  I would guess that this was within the author's intention.  If you put a none \
license like the original one on your code then you probebly do not care very much about \
licenses.  I.e.  GPL == LGPL to you. :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Lauri Ojantakanen <lauri.ojantakanen@iki.fi>
To: kde-licensing@mail.kde.org
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 10:21:53 +0200
Subject: mimelib licenses

Hi

I took a look at the source code files at kdenetwork/mimelib and there was 
comment like below:

//=============================================================================
// File:       uuencode.cpp
// Contents:   Definitions for DwUuencode
// Maintainer: Doug Sauder <dwsauder@fwb.gulf.net>
// WWW:        http://www.fwb.gulf.net/~dwsauder/mimepp.html
// $Revision: 1.9 $
// $Date: 2002/04/22 09:45:43 $
//
// Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 Douglas W. Sauder
// All rights reserved.
//
// IN NO EVENT SHALL DOUGLAS W. SAUDER BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT,
// INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF
// THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF DOUGLAS W. SAUDER
// HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
//
// DOUGLAS W. SAUDER SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT
// NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
// PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS ON AN "AS IS"
// BASIS, AND DOUGLAS W. SAUDER HAS NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE,
// SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
//
//=============================================================================

Are these sources under GPL or not?

//lauri


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