[Kde-pim] FOSS Outlook PST convertors

[Markus]

Am Dienstag 25 Mai 2010, 11:47:19 schrieb Kevin Krammer:
> On Tuesday, 2010-05-25, Markus wrote:
> > Am Dienstag 25 Mai 2010, 10:17:46 schrieb Kevin Krammer:
> > > On Tuesday, 2010-05-25, Markus wrote:
> > > > Hi.
> > > > In case you've missed it: Microsoft released code to access Outlook's
> > > > PST files as FOSS under the Apache License 2.0:
> > > > http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/05/outlook-lock-in-could-v
> > > > an is h- with-new-open-source-projects.ars
> > > 
> > > Looks interesting, though it is probably wise to wait until it is
> > > confirmed that the licence is compatible.
> > 
> > Um, it's the Apache License 2.0 and not some new one invented by MS.
> > We already know its compatibility since years!
> > 
> > AL2.0 is compatible with the GPL3
> > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#apache2
> 
> > under which all KDE-hosted code is also licensed:
> One of the common licensing forms is GPL v2+ which in this case might not
> work because GPL v2 is not compatible with Apache v2 according to the this
> page. So anyone wanting an "and later" style policy might have to write
> "under GPL v3 or, at your option, any later version".

No.


> True, but this has to be known up front, otherwise GPL is very likely to be
> used as the application's licence or code under GPL being used to for
> certain features and it becomes increasingly difficult to change this when
> the number of people who have worked on it increases.

A command line PST2KMail converter using that MS code can be either pure AL2 
or BSD for KDE-developed code and AL2 for the MS-developed parts.
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