[Kde-pim] FOSS Outlook PST convertors

[Kevin Krammer]

On Tuesday, 2010-05-25, Markus wrote:
> 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.

Well, maybe.
I still think that a client with "GPL v2 or later" might be problematic due to 
the incompatibility between AL2 and GPL2.

> > 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.

I don't get the command line part, but of course an AL2 licenced program would 
be fine.
But one would almost certainly have to link the LGPL v2.1+ kdepimlib 
libraries.

Cheers,
Kevin 
-- 
Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer
KDE user support, developer mentoring
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