From kde-licensing Thu Aug 03 14:42:15 2000 From: Peter S Galbraith Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 14:42:15 +0000 To: kde-licensing Subject: Re: KDE2 license policy X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-licensing&m=96531367203449 Kevin Sproul wrote: > Derek Fountain wrote: > > > In short, I was wondering if I took a GNU tool, say > > something from GNOME, and rewrote parts of it (like the > > interface) so it worked under KDE, would that not be allowed > > into the KDE project? > It's not really a licensing issue since the KDE people will > tell you it's legal anyway. ? It's not an issue with KDE people. That's doesn't mean it's not an issue. It could force a legal test case if someone tried that using FSF code without explicit permission. > It's about respect and simply > being nice. I agree with that. -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 6623'rd GNU/Linux user at the Counter - http://counter.li.org/