Hi Jelmer,

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 20:28, Jelmer Vernooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> Am Donnerstag, den 11.09.2008, 09:32 -0400 schrieb Amit Joshi:
> > Thanks - will check those out - the last time I tried with the
> > "apt-get source openchangeclient" etc, I could not rebuild it using
> > the dpkg-buildpackage commands (I was trying to rebuild with a small
> > change so I could use the functions from a C++ program).
> >
> > Will it be feasible to build debian packages out of the SVN repository
> > - there seem to be a lot of interesting changes that happen between
> > releases.
> >
> > Another (probably not directly related question): any thoughts on
> > having the evolution plugin in a debian format.
> Unfortunately, this is not yet possible. The licenses of Evolution and
> OpenChange/Samba4 are incompatible (Evolution is GPLv2 only, Samba4 and
> OpenChange are GPLv3+), so pre-built binaries can't be distributed.


Evolution is in the process of being re-licensed to "LGPL v2 and LGPL v3".
[1]
The process is expected to be complete before the release of GNOME 2.24 (~
Sep 22). :-)

-Suman

[1] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-hackers/2008-July/msg00004.html
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