noob

[doom angel]

my programm is no commercial, free and open source, you could take a look at
http://doomangelgr.deviantart.com/art/KDE-Vista-Patcher-0-4-9b-Full-92659293,
so i would like through this common in windows world way, to transform
elements of the ui, to pass through some kde apps, like dolphin or
konqueror, and then the entire set of kde ofcourse. can this legally and
technically happen?

2008/10/19 Bernhard Reiter <bernhard at intevation.de>

> Welcome Dominikos
>
> On Freitag, 17. Oktober 2008, doom angel wrote:
> > i wrote a program that
> > trasforms Vista's icons to kde ones, adds kde4 wallpapers, oxygen cursors
> > and some other resources just to get the feeling of kde to vista. Later i
> > would like to distribute your installer with my package, can this legally
> > happen?
>
> I can not give you legal advise (as I am based in Germany, not a lawyer
> and not paid by you (that's the law in Germany)).
>
> In a general case, the question is if the end product is a derived product
> from the elements under licensing consideration. If it is a derived
> product,
> the licensing terms must match otherwise this will be illegal (in most
> countries of the world).
>
> > I also would like, if that is possible, to add only some kde apps with my
> > installer, for example what dll's and exe's i need to add to get just
> > dolphin to work?or konqueror?
>
> Again same question. Each component of KDE comes with a license, which will
> govern the terms under which you can use it, combine with it
> or derive from it.
> If you only "combine" it, the licenses might not affect what you do,
> if you "derive" it, see answer above.
>
> Hope the helps,
> Bernhard
>
>
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