License clarification in messagelib #2
Christophe Giboudeaux
christophe at krop.fr
Mon Jun 29 19:57:35 BST 2020
Sandro, Volker,
While converting to SPDX format, I found 3 problematic files:
messageviewer/src/messagepartthemes/default/autotests/rendertest.h for which
you're both copyright owners,
messageviewer/src/messagepartthemes/default/autotests/showonlymimeparttest.
{cpp,h} whose copyright holder is Sandro.
These file state they are GPL-2.0-only or any version approved by KDE e.V.
according to the GPL-3.0 license.
Problem: As these files are originally only GPL-2.0-only, the GPL-3.0 proxy
section cannot be invoked.
I see three possible solutions:
- relicense these files to GPL-2.0-only or GPL-3.0-only or any other version
approved by the KDE e.V
- relicense them to something else
According to the relicensecheck script output, these files could become LGPL
(with or without the e.V. clause)
- Drop the e.V. clause since it cannot be invoked for these files.
Christophe
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