Licensing

[Alexander Stippich]

Hello,

dividing Elisa into LGPL and GPL is pretty easy I think.
There is already the elisaLib. So I would go ahead and leave everything in 
there under LPGL, while licensing the Elisa application including all QML files 
with GPL. I think this is a good start at least.

Anyways, do other KDE projects on the Microsoft store have similar issues?

Best regards,
Alex

On Sonntag, 1. März 2020 10:09:46 CET Matthieu Gallien wrote:
> On dimanche 16 février 2020 12:31:39 CET Alexander Stippich wrote:
> > On Sonntag, 16. Februar 2020 10:40:46 CET Matthieu Gallien wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > After the recent release of Elisa on the Microsoft store, it appears
> > > that
> > > there might be some uncertainties about the compatibility between
> > > LGPLv3/GPLv3 and the store.
> > > 
> > > I would like to get opinion about a possible change of license like
> > > this:
> > > 
> > > * c++ code would be licensed something like LGPLv2+ (maybe as approved
> > > by
> > > the KDE e.V. membership)
> > > 
> > > * qml code would be licensed something like GPLv2+ (maybe as approved by
> > > the KDE e.V. membership)
> > > 
> > > What do you think ?
> > > 
> > > Best regards
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Matthieu
> > > 
> > > 
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> > 
> > Hello,
> 
> Hello,
> 
> sorry for the late answer.
> 
> > personally I don't mind a license change. I always wondered why the UI
> > code
> > is licensed with LGPL.
> > It will probably not be that easy to reach all the contributors, though.
> > I think the MPRIS code was taken from an existing implementation, which
> > may
> > make it hard to relicense it.
> 
> I know that. I still believe that code could be rewritten anyway. I am not
> sure if in the end it would not have been better to write this from scratch
> by looking at the spec only.
> 
> > Is the issue really LGPL3/GPL3? If it is, I am surprised since Qt is also
> > released under LGPL3 as far as I know.
> 
> I agree. Given I am not a lawyer nor a license expert, I am entitled to
> trust the advice I have been given.
> At least, we could start by clarifying what is under LGPL and what is under
> GPL.
> 
> > Best regards,
> > Alex
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> > Elisa at kde.org
> > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/elisa
> 
> Best regards
> 
> --
> Matthieu Gallien
> 
> 
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