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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: licence policy update
From:       Rex Dieter <rdieter () math ! unl ! edu>
Date:       2009-02-17 15:25:17
Message-ID: 499AD6DD.9060403 () math ! unl ! edu
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Jonathan Riddell wrote:
> The licence policy currently says that files must be under a free
> licence but fails to say that they must be in source code form.  In
> order to prevent anyone putting binary blobs without source code into
> SVN I'd like to add this to the policy
> 
> "All files must be in their preferred modifiable form, or alongside
> the file which is the preferred modifiable form."
> http://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy/Draft

I'd even go a step further and add some language about rebuildability, like:

"In the 'alongside' case, there must be clear instructions for how to 
build using the preferred modifiable form."

-- Rex
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