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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: Updated Licence Draft
From:       Dirk Mueller <mueller () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-11-28 8:45:10
Message-ID: 200711280945.10266.mueller () kde ! org
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On Wednesday 28 November 2007, Matthew Woehlke wrote:

> Say, how come I am on the TODO list? :-)

because you`re contributing to GPLv2 only files? ;)

>   GPLv2 ->  GPLv2+   - NO
> LGPLv2 -> LGPLv2+   - NO
>   GPLv2 ->  GPLv2+v3 - YES
> LGPLv2 -> LGPLv2+v3 - YES
> KDE e.V. decides    - NO*

can you add yourself to trunk/KDE/kdesdk/scripts/relicensecheck.pl ? if you 
commit it on your own it has at least a better proof of your identity than a 
random mailing list posting ;)

> Btw, is "KDE e.V. decides" referring to the v3 clause allowing e.V. to
> allow a later version of GPL, or to allow /an arbitrary license/? Might
> want to make that clear...

this is not clarified yet, because KDE e.V. has not decided upon a policy. So 
indeed it means "any arbitrary license". In the extremely unlikely event of 
GPLv4 making it impossible for KDE to use its 3rd party components (Qt, X11, 
others), we would have to use a different license. I would guess the chance 
for that happening is close to zero, but thats the same like winning the 
lottery. The most likely thing that would happen is that the e.V. formally 
approves GPLv4 as an acceptable license and your contributions would be 
automatically relicensed as GPLv4. 



Greetings,
Dirk
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