Daniel Calviño Sánchez wrote: >>> Also note that, even being a library, it is licensed under the GPLv3+ >>> (not the LGPL), so it can be used only by free (as in freedom) >>> applications. >> >> This limits the use in KDE applications since GPLv3+ is not valid for KDE >> applications according to our licensing policy > > I had seen the licensing policy, but I thought it was just a > requirement for code in KDE repositories. I mean, I thought that a KDE > application was able to link against a GPLv3+ library as long as it > did not link against a GPLv2 only library at the same time. And I also > thought that KDE did not use GPLv2 libraries, and that the KDE GPLv2 > relicensing had been already done.
This is the current policy: http://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy See points 4 and 5. Regards -- Luigi >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
