Re: Relicensing issue with some kdegraphics/gwenview/lib/ files

Jonathan Riddell <[email protected]> Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:36:42 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.licensing
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 12:20:43PM +0100, Aur????lien G????teau wrote:
> """
> (2) If only executable code is distributed, then the accompanying
> documentation must state that "this software is based in part on the 
> work of the Independent JPEG Group".
> """
> 
> Does this conflict with GPL?
> What should I do?

While the statement is slight ambiguous, libjpeg is linked to hundreds
of GPL apps in Debian and Ubuntu, also Trolltech encourage it to be
linked to GPL Qt so I don't think there's a problem.

Jonathan