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List:       kde-multimedia
Subject:    Noatun: Licensing, and a new one
From:       Charles Samuels <charles () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-01-02 8:39:17
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Noatun has been under the artistic license for quite a while (it originally 
was under the GPL).  The artistic license is slightly problematic in that it 
isn't GPL-compatible, making it difficult for me to swipe XMMS code ;)

So, I present to you the KDE License.  I name it the KDE license because I 
hope that more KDE applications adopt it.  I also forward this to kde-devel 
as a hint for KAboutData::License_KDE to be added to that enum :)

First, I'm changing the license of libnoatun to this license, so I need 
permission from Neil Stevens, Stefan Westerfeld, Malte Starostik, and Nikolas 
Zimmermann.  All of these have commited to libnoatun 
(kdemultimedia/noatun/noatun/library).  Basically, send me an email saying "I 
allow Noatun to switch to The KDE License," since I'm not waiting in line to 
be sued.

The license is pasted below.  It's based off the zlib license, it's GPL 
compatible, just slightly more restrictive than the X-license (e.g., pretty 
darn free-as-in-speech), and very similar to the BSD license.



The KDE license:

  This software is provided "as-is", without any express or implied
  warranty.  In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
  arising from the use of this software.

  Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
  including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
  freely, subject to the following restrictions:

  1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
     claim that you wrote the original software.  You must take reasonable
     measures to make this copyright and license notice known to the user.
  2. The name of a copyright holder shall not be used in advertising or
     otherwise to promote the sale of this Software or any derived works  
     thereof without prior written authorization of the copyright holder.
  3. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
     misrepresented as being the original software.
  4. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.

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