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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: Updated Licence Draft
From:       Alex Merry <huntedhacker () tiscali ! co ! uk>
Date:       2007-11-28 11:16:36
Message-ID: 200711281116.41643.huntedhacker () tiscali ! co ! uk
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On Tuesday 27 November 2007, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Friday 23 November 2007, Jonathan Riddell wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 10:22:01AM +0000, Alex Merry wrote:
> > > There are also several that said v2+ but not v2/v3/e.v.  I'm not
> > > sure how we reconcile with those who say v2/v3/e.v. but not v2+
> > > if they worked on the same file...
> >
> > Just note that the file contains code under both terms, it'll come
> > down to the lower common denominator which would be v2/v3/e.v.
>
> No, it'll come down to the intersection of v2+ and v2/v3/e.v. which
> is {v2, v3, any v2+ license approved by the e.V.}. Relicensing under
> an arbitrary license approved by the e.V. would not be possible.

That's what the /e.v. bit means - it refers to e.V. acting as a proxy in 
GPL v.3.  So the e.V can only use this to allow the code to be licensed 
under future versions of the GPL.

We should probably make that clear to developers in this relicensing 
programme...

Alex



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