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| All new source code and related data files in KDE SVN must meet the following requirements:
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| # 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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| # Each source file must contain one of the licence headers listed below to state under which terms the software may be used, modified and redistributed.
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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:
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| #* '''LGPL''' version 2.1 as listed in {{path|kdelibs/COPYING.LIB}} or later
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| #* '''LGPL''' version 2.1 or version 3 or later versions approved by the membership of KDE e.V.
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| #* '''BSD license''' as listed below.<br/>Ensure that the BSD license '''does not contain the so called 'advertisement clause'.'''
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| #* '''MIT license''' as listed below.
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| #* '''X11 license''' as listed below.
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| # Any other source files must be licensed under one of the terms listed under 3) or one of the following terms:
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| #* '''GPL''' version 2 as listed in {{path|kdelibs/COPYING}} or later
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| #* '''GPL''' version 2 or version 3 or later versions approved by the membership of KDE e.V.
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| #* 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
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| # Translations of text from the files described in section 3 must be licenced under one of the terms in sections 3. Translations of text from other files must be licenced under one of the terms in sections 3 or 4.
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| # 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 3 or 4.
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| # Documentation must be licensed under one of the following terms:
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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.
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| #* '''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.
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| #:Documentation may additionally be licensed under any of the terms in section 3 or 4.
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| # Other data included in KDE's codebase must be licenced under one of the terms in sections 3 or 4.
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| # 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.
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| # 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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| == GPL Header ==
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| <pre>
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| Copyright <year> <name of author> <e-mail>
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| This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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| modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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| published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
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| the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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| This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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| but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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| MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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| GNU General Public License for more details.
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| You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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| along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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| </pre>
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| or for later versions approved by KDE e.V.
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| <pre>
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| Copyright <year> <name of author> <e-mail>
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| This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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| modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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| published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
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| the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version
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| accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved
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| by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy
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| defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.
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| This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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| but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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| MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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| GNU General Public License for more details.
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| You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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| along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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| </pre>
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| == LGPL Header ==
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| <pre>
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| Copyright <year> <name of author> <e-mail>
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| This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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| modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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| License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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| version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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| This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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| but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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| MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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| Lesser General Public License for more details.
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| You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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| License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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| </pre>
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| or for later versions approved by KDE e.V.
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| <pre>
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| Copyright <year> <name of author> <e-mail>
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| This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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| modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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| License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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| version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
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| later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
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| successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
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| act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
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| This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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| but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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| MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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| Lesser General Public License for more details.
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| You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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| License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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| </pre>
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| == BSD License ==
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| <pre>
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| Copyright <year> <name of author> <e-mail>
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| Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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| modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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| are met:
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| 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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| notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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| 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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| notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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| documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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| THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
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| IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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| OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
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| IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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| INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
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| NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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| DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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| THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
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| (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
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| THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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| </pre>
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| == X11 License ==
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| <pre>
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| Copyright <year> <name of author> <e-mail>
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| Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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| of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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| in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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| to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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| copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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| furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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| The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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| all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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| THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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| IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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| FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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| X CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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| AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
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| CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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| Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall not be
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| used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings
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| in this Software without prior written authorization from the X Consortium.
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| </pre>
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| == MIT license ==
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| <pre>
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| Copyright <year> <name of author> <e-mail>
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| Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software
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| and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
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| granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
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| copies and that both that the copyright notice and this
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| permission notice and warranty disclaimer appear in supporting
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| documentation, and that the name of the author not be used in
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| advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the
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| software without specific, written prior permission.
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| The author disclaim all warranties with regard to this
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| software, including all implied warranties of merchantability
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| and fitness. In no event shall the author be liable for any
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| special, indirect or consequential damages or any damages
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| whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether
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| in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action,
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| arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of
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| this software.
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