[Kde-games-devel] GPL licenses in games, especially kigo

Albert Astals Cid aacid at kde.org
Mon Sep 10 17:32:16 UTC 2012


El Dilluns, 10 de setembre de 2012, a les 08:33:24, Wolfgang Rohdewald va 
escriure:
> Am Montag, 10. September 2012, 08:14:38 schrieb Sascha Peilicke:
> > I fear the KDE wiki isn't exact on the specific terms. It all depends on
> > the combination:
> > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses
> > 
> > kdelibs should be still LGPLv2+, to which GPLv3 (even 'only') is
> > compatible.

No, you are not right, we do not allow GPLv3 code in KDE, not because it's not 
"legal" but because we do not allow it.

If kigo went in being GPL3, that's a big mistake of whoever did the review.

But it has to be changed to one of the license combinations Wolfgang said.

Cheers,
  Albert

> so everything should be all right - I will leave it as is. I am not a
> license specialist - if I can keep it that way, I will be happier.


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