El Divendres, 14 de febrer de 2014, a les 10:31:24, Jonathan Riddell va escriure: > I've made some proposed changes to the KDE Licensing Policy > > http://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy/Draft > > Most significant is the inclusion of GPL 3+ as an option in response > to a request by GCompris and a desire voiced by a few people not to > treat it as an exception. > > Our current policy is designed to allow maxium code reuse around KDE > and beyond, allowing GPL 3+ would mean some code could not be reused > in GPL 2+ code without a relicence, but as pointed out this problem > already happens when moving GPL 2 code to platform. The policy has > nothing to do with whether GPL 2 or 3 is more or less commercially > acceptable. Given a blank sheet I'd pick GPL 3 every time as it > prevents DRM lock-in and patent abuse. > > Changes... > > #* '''GPL''' version 3 or later, where a KDE repository uses this it must be > clearly marked by adding the full licence in a file called COPYING.GPL3 in > the top directory of the repository ...and add GPL 3 headers
Do you guys think that it would make sense to explicitely suggest that applications use the "GPL version 2 or version 3 or later versions approved by the membership of KDE e.V. " variant unless they really have special needs in aim to improve inter-app code shareability? Cheers, Albert > > kdebase-runtime -> kde-runtime > add kde frameworks to "platform" needing LGPL > > #* Code copied from Qt may be licenced under '''GPL''' version 2 or version > 3 or later versions approved by Trolltech ASA and the KDE Free Qt > Foundation -> > #* Code copied from Qt may be licenced under '''GPL''' version 2 or later > versions > > Icons in kdelibs, kdepimlibs or kdebase runtime > -> > Icons in oxygen-icons > > add rationale at top > > add > #:Note code may not be copied from Qt into KDE Platform as Qt is LGPL 2.1 > only which would prevent it being used under LGPL 3 > > # Windows installer files using the WiX Toolset may be licenced under the > Common Public Licence 1.0 > > > Jonathan > _______________________________________________ > kde-community mailing list > kde-community@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community _______________________________________________ kde-community mailing list kde-community@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community