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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: kspread : digest.h and digest.cc - possible licence issue
From:       Ariya Hidayat <ariya () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-04-21 17:45:56
Message-ID: 4086B354.5050907 () kde ! org
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> What is important to note here is that the LGPL also disallows misuse by 
> companies in the sense that using code is not possible.
> Due to the nature of koffice (just about everything is a library) companies 
> are allowed to use certain parts of koffice in their own applications by 
> linking against it.

This raises another question: do we stick to "LGPL Version 2 or later" 
or ONLY "LGPL Version 2" ? IIRC we favored the latter, because if FSF 
creates a new LGPL Version 3 with some completely different stuff 
inside, then KSpread will also fall into it.

Best regards,

-- 
Ariya Hidayat, KDE developer
http://www.google.com/search?q=ariya+blog&btnI
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