Policies/Licensing Policy - Revision history

AnneW at 16:33, 30 January 2012

2012-01-30T16:33:40Z

2011-07-10T23:51:42Z

we also have git now and it obviously we want it to apply there too

2011-07-10T23:50:30Z

modues -> modules

2010-01-24T19:10:06Z

clarify advertising clause

2009-12-01T22:36:11Z

make it even more clear that the options must be taken together

2009-11-19T21:53:53Z

add cmake and CC sections

2009-03-12T20:28:04Z

2009-03-12T20:27:23Z

add notice on requirement for preferred modifiable form

2009-01-25T18:52:33Z

clarify that FLA need 2 and 3

2008-02-28T15:23:15Z

It's about a library, not a program.

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 # Source files that are part of a library with a public API which is part of the KDE Platform (kdelibs, kdepimlibs and kdebase-runtime) must be licensed under one of the following terms:
 #* '''LGPL''' version 2.1 as listed in {{path|kdelibs/COPYING.LIB}} or later
-#* '''LGPL''' version 2.1 or version 3 or later versions approved by the membership of KDE e.V.
+#* '''LGPL''' version 2.1, or version 3 or later versions approved by the membership of KDE e.V.
 #* '''BSD license''' as listed below.<br/>Ensure that the BSD license '''does not contain the so called 'advertisement clause'.'''
 #* '''MIT license''' as listed below.

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-All new source code and related data files in KDE SVN must meet the following requirements:
+All new source code and related data files in KDE repositories (SVN, GIT) must meet the following requirements:
 # All files must be in their preferred modifiable form, or alongside the file which is the preferred modifiable form.  In the 'alongside' case, there must be clear instructions for how to build using the preferred modifiable form.
 # All source files must contain a copyright header which identifies the copyright holder(s) together with an e-mail address that can be used to reach the copyright holder.

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 #:Note each bulletpoint above is a single option, it can not be licenced under just part of one bulletpoint option
 #:Documentation may additionally be licensed under any of the terms in section 4 or 5.
-# CMake modues must be licenced under the BSD licence listed below
+# CMake modules must be licenced under the BSD licence listed below
 # Standalone media files such as images may be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported licence at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ .   This does not apply to icons or anything which is likely to be mixed with content under our normal (GPL etc) licences.
 # Other data included in KDE's codebase must be licenced under one of the terms in sections 4 or 5.

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-[A third requirement is sometimes included: "3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission."  The advertising clause must never be included.]
+A third requirement is sometimes included: "3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission."
 == X11 License ==

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 #* '''MIT license''' as listed below.
 #* '''X11 license''' as listed below.
 # Any other source files must be licensed under one of the terms listed under 4) or one of the following terms:
 #* '''GPL''' version 2 as listed in {{path|kdelibs/COPYING}} or later
 #* '''GPL''' version 2 or version 3 or later versions approved by the membership of KDE e.V.
 #* Code copied from Qt may be licenced under '''GPL''' version 2 or version 3 or later versions approved by Trolltech ASA and the KDE Free Qt Foundation
 # Translations of text from the files described in section 4 must be licenced under one of the terms in sections 4.  Translations of text from other files must be licenced under one of the terms in sections 4 or 5.
 # Icons in kdelibs, kdepimlibs or kdebase runtime must be licenced under the '''LGPL''' 3 or later versions approved by KDE e.V.  Icons elsewhere can be licenced under any of the terms in section 4 or 5.
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 #* '''FDL''' versions 1.2 as listed in {{path|kdelibs/COPYING.DOC}} or later versions with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
 #* '''FDL''' versions 1.2 as listed in {{path|kdelibs/COPYING.DOC}} or later versions approved by KDE e.V. with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
 #:Documentation may additionally be licensed under any of the terms in section 4 or 5.
 # CMake modues must be licenced under the BSD licence listed below

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 #:Documentation may additionally be licensed under any of the terms in section 3 or 4.
 # Other data included in KDE's codebase must be licenced under one of the terms in sections 3 or 4.
-# Contributors who have signed the Fiduciary License Agreement with KDE e.V. may licence files described in section 3 under LGPL 2.1/3 only and may licence other source files under GPL 2/3 only.
+# Contributors who have signed the Fiduciary License Agreement with KDE e.V. may licence files described in section 3 under LGPL 2.1 & 3 only and may licence other source files under GPL 2 & 3 only.
 # As new versions of GNU licenses are published they will be discussed by the membership of KDE e.V. and accepted via an announcement on http://ev.kde.org if: not adopting the licence would harm the future distribution of KDE, the licence preserves freedom for our developers & users and a vote by the membership agrees to the acceptance of the new licence version.

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 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-License along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-License along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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