[bt-devel] Licensing

[Joachim Ansorg]

Hi!

On Die, 13 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> On 13 Jun 2000, at 17:08, Joachim Ansorg sent forth the message:
> > Hi!
> >
> > AFAIK the FSF accepted the QT free license as a "GPL like" license!
>
> Hi,
> They accepted it as a 'free' license, but as one that doesn't work
> well with the GPL.
>
> > But why it's forbidden to link a "GPL"ed program with a "QT free"
> > licensed program ??
>
> It's ok to link them together (AFAIK), it's just that you can't
> distribute GPL code and QPL code in the same program.

??
But they are different packages! And no code in BIbleTime QPL'ed.
Sorry, I dislike all this license problems. I simply add the GPL sentences to 
every header. I have now problem with it, as long as others don't change the 
authors section.
Which possibilities do we have noew?

-Adding the special exception to the headers ??
- Changing to LGPL ??
-whatever else ...

Thank for all your answers, it seems you are the only one understanding all 
these license probllems ;-)

--Joachim

> > I hope I understood your explanations, but if BibleTime has the
> > additional things in the license may we link to KDE ( you know, they do
> > not want to change the license) ?
>
> Yes. The KDE libraries are ok because they are under the LGPL which
> basically allows anything to link to them.
> The only potential problem would be the KDE code that is part of
>
> Bibletime (this stuff):
> > > KTipOfDay is from the KDevelop team.
> > > In 0.3 we use some code from Konqueror and KDevelop.
>
> It isn't possible to change the license of that code without permission.
>
> > I think it's OK to distribute BIbleTime with a distribution, but this
> > license issue is annoying.
>
> Indeed :(
>
> Regards,
>    Daniel