Re: Multiple licences and KAboutData

"Friedrich W. H. Kossebau" <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Mar 2008 17:41:26 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.licensing
Organization K Desktop Environment
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Alex,

Am Freitag, 29. Februar 2008, um 10:43 Uhr, schrieb Alex Merry:
> On Thursday 28 February 2008 15:43:06 Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote:
> > > However, I think multiple licensing is a good thing to allow.  So we
> > > can say " this is licensed under both GPLv2 and GPLv3, and you can
> > > choose either".
> >
> > Any idea how this could be presented to the user? The patch I sent to
> > kde-core-devel just lists all licenses without any additional explanation
> > (see http://frinring.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/aboutokteta.png). No
> > "or" mentioned. Is that needed at all?
>
> Dual-licensing typically (ie: pretty much always) means you can use any of
> the licenses you like, as long as you satisfy the conditions.  I think
> anyone who is really interested in the license will realise this.
>
> So I don't think any further explanation is necessary.

Alright. Patch is committed now, so everyone can furtherone state multiple 
licenses also in the gui.

Thanks
Friedrich