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Subject:    [Kde-pim] Re: Merging libkdepim and libkdenetwork
From:       Bo Thorsen <bo () sonofthor ! dk>
Date:       2003-04-28 8:28:29
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On Monday 28 April 2003 09:22, Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> On Monday 28 April 2003 03:59, Zack Rusin wrote:
> > so what's the census on that? Right now we have knode and kmail
> > linking to both. I don't quite see the need for both and merging them
> > both into libkdepim seems more than reasonable.
>
> Technically you are definitely right, but we still have the problem of
> licenses. libkdepim is LGPL and most of libkdenetwork is GPL. Mixing
> both in the same library will be problematic. In my opinion the best
> solution would be to change the libkdenetwork license to LGPL, but this
> is something the authors of libkdenetwork have to decide.

It's a standing fact that libs in KDE *must* be LGPL - and has been so 
since 1997 or so. So libkdenetwork must be fixed.

> > I'd suggest to move the files as
> > follows:
> > -libkdepim
> >
> >           kpgp - all kpgp files
> >
> >           kmime - kmime library
> >
> >           widgets - all widgets not related to the above two
> >
> >           utilities - all others
> > All subdirs produce static libs which get linked into a dynamic
> > libkdepim. Comments?
>
> Please don't create additional subdirs. This only adds overhead and
> gains nothing. There are not that many files in the two libs.

Yes. That gives you nothing more than a slower linker.

Bo.

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     Bo Thorsen                 |   Praestevejen 4
     Senior Software Engineer   |   5290 Marslev
     Klarälvdalens Datakonsult  |   Denmark
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