Re: Summary of KDE threads?

[Martin Schulze <joey@kuolema.Infodrom.North.DE>]

Raul Miller wrote:
> Quick summary: it's illegal to ship GPLed code which is a part of
> something which specifically requires both the GPLed code and some
> non-free code.  So we probably shouldn't be putting any GPLed code in
> contrib.
>
> The author of the GPLed code can provide an exemption which would let us
> put the code in contrib.  There's nothing we can do to force them to
> provide such an exemption.

The author for the GPLed code is the KDE team.  Right?

Stephan Kulow is a member of the core KDE team.  Right?

Stephan has said this (which is recorded in the bugtracking system)

    "And I (as the source maintainer of KDE and part of the KDE core team)
    give debian with this letter the permission to release KDE as
    binary."

Someone - Phil or Raul, I guess, but I lost it somehow - wrote a
similar paragraph that has to be added to the license.  I don't think
it is a problem getting that signed by Coolo.  Even if "we" want to
have it signed on paper that's not a problem, I think I could arrange
something.

Philip Hands wrote:
> > Quick summary: it's illegal to ship GPLed code which is a part of
> > something which specifically requires both the GPLed code and some
> > non-free code.  So we probably shouldn't be putting any GPLed code in
> > contrib.
>
> Correct, except that it's the binaries, rather than the code, that it is
> illegal to ship.  The code really is under the GPL.

And to resolve this the license that KDE uses only needs an additional
paragraph, right?  *This* should be reported to the KDE team by way of
Coolo so they add it and all parties are happy.  Or do I get plain
stupied?

Regards,

	Joey

-- 
Let's call it an accidental feature.  --Larry Wall


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