[kde] [Bug 356326] New: Code in kdenetwork is licensed under the non-free ARTISTIC license.

[Dennis Worthem via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356326

            Bug ID: 356326
           Summary: Code in kdenetwork is licensed under the non-free
                    ARTISTIC license.
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Debian stable
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: dworthem at mykolab.com

I am a volunteer working on gNewSense, a free ( as defined by the Free Software
Foundation (FSF)) GNU/Linux distro where the next version (4) will be based on
Debian Wheezy.

 We noticed that KDE has dependencies on the Artistic License 1.0 which the FSF
does not regard as free or is at least ambiguous
(https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#NonFreeSoftwareLicenses) and
they encourage use of the Artistic License 2.0
(https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses).

Specifically we noticed in /kdenetwork-4.8.4/kopete/protocols/irc/ksparser.h
(the kdenetwork package for Debian Wheezy)

/* This file is part of the KDE project
   Copyright (C) 2001 Simon Hausmann <hausmann at kde.org>

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the Artistic License.
*/

Can the license be changed to  "Artistic 2.0 License" instead of "Artistic
License"?

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