KShred / artistic license in kdelibs

[Neil Stevens]

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On Saturday November 09, 2002 09:02, Tim Jansen wrote:
> On Saturday 09 November 2002 17:55, Roberto H. Alsina wrote:
> > > I just discovered that the files kio/kio/kshred.* in kdelibs are
> > > under the artistic license, at least that's what the header says.
> > > According to the FSF the old artistic license is not GPL-compatible.
> >
> > Why would that be a problem? Is it linked to anything GPLd?
>
> Yes, every GPL'd application that uses KIO.

Then I guess those people who chose to use restrictive licensing on their 
applications should be more careful in the future. :-)

By the way, kde-licensing at kde.org exists as a mailing list to settle these 
matters.

- -- 
Neil Stevens - neil at qualityassistant.com
"The nearest I can make it out, 'Love your Enemies' means, 'Hate your
Friends'." - Benjamin Franklin
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