Change the License of the C++ parser

Adam Treat treat at kde.org
Thu Nov 17 16:52:03 UTC 2005


Roberto, it is your code, if you want to release under a license that is more 
generous than LGPL then who am I to dispute that.  Besides, I am sure we have 
places in KDE where we link to BSD code, in fact I know we do.

Adam

On Thursday November 17 2005 10:28 am, Roberto Raggi wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On Thursday 17 November 2005 14:56, Anne-Marie Mahfouf wrote:
> > Is there any other KDE code under the BSD license? The KDE website states
> > that
> >
> > all KDE code is GPL or LGPL:
> > >From http://www.kde.org/whatiskde/project.php
> >
> > "Each and every line of KDE code is made available under the LGPL/GPL
> > licenses."
>
> I think we have some BSD-like code in KDE.. I don't want to use LGPL
> because if you write a new tool (e.g. an xml-dumper) with the C++ parser
> you're forced to link dynamically with it!! or you have to release the
> object files or release your project as GPL/LGPL(??). It sound a bit stupid
> if you ask me. The parser is designed to be *embedded* into
> applications(e.g. including rxx.pri in your project). I don't care about
> the source of tools using the parser :-)
>
> I really would like to know what you guys think about it.. It's very
> *important* for me, because then you have to release your changes to the
> C++ parser with the same license!!
>
> ciao robe
>
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