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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: Fix for nonfree software in repo
From:       Christoph Cullmann <cullmann () absint ! com>
Date:       2013-12-10 20:43:59
Message-ID: 675269677.364091.1386708239717.JavaMail.root () absint ! com
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> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:53:18AM +0000, Jonathan Riddell wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:46:53AM +0100, Philipp A. wrote:
> > > Hi, i'm currently fixing the issue about two nonfree-licensed files
> > > in
> > > the KWrite repo:
> > 
> > > eh, sorry, pressed ctrl-return accidentally.
> > > 
> > > and i just saw that therea**s no issue anyway, as js_utils doesna**t
> > > contain nonfree stuff in 4.12:
> > > 
> > > https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/applications/kate/repository/show/addons/kate/pate/src/plugins/js_utils?rev=KDE%2F4.12
> > > 
> > 
> > No but Kate does have many violations of KDE's licence policy and with
> > its own licencing.  Much of Kate is LGPL v2 only and this Pate stuff
> > is LGPL v3 or later.  addons/kate/close-except-like is also GPL 3 or
> > later.  GPL 2 is incompatible with LGPL 3 so Kate is probably not
> > compatible with its own licence.
> > 
> > Our policy says everything should be GPL 2 or 3 or later to ensure
> > minimal problems with licence compatibility when sharing code around
> > in KDE and to prevent issues like this.
> 
> I take some of this back, it's LGPL 2 only which can be converted to
> GPL 3 so it is compatible with LGPL 3.  So Kate is compatible with its
> own licencing but not with KDE's licence policy.
Hi,

we tried to relicense the code years ago already (I hope not too much new stuff \
slipped in), but it is close to impossible to reach all authors and get a response, \
especially for the very old stuff...

Greetings
Christoph

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