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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: license for small audio sample
From:       Jonathan Riddell <jr () jriddell ! org>
Date:       2017-04-28 11:58:53
Message-ID: 20170428115853.GI13149 () embra ! edinburghlinux ! co ! uk
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On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 07:23:37AM +0200, Thomas Eschenbacher wrote:
> Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> > [...]
> >> in my application (Kwave) I have some small audio sample file, which
> >> currently is licensed under the CC-BY-SA-3.0 license, as suggested by
> >> https://community.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy section 11.
> >>
> >> Now some packager from Gentoo Linux told me that this is not a nice idea
> >> because it is "incompatible with GPL" and that my application (Kwave)
> >> seems to be the only one that uses this license among all other KDE
> >> applications.
> > 
> > The Gentoo packager has no clue of what he is saying. A "data" file can't 
> > conflict with GPL code, tell him to not waste your time.
> 
> Thanks, that confirms my opinion!
> 
> Then only one question remains: which existing KDE application *also*
> uses that license? It is suggested on
> https://community.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy, so I would expect
> that there are many examples... Or am I the only one on the world who
> follows that rule?

Can't remember what I made the rule for but..

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