Re: Academic Free License 2.1 + GPLv2+ code in kdelibs?
Albert Astals Cid <[email protected]> Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:14:28 +0100
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A Dissabte, 28 de març de 2009, Ingo Klöcker va escriure: > On Saturday 28 March 2009, Albert Astals Cid wrote: > > Hi, to sort a i18n problem in current solid i'd like to reuse some > > libhal- storage code, the "problem" is that the code is licensed > > under Academic Free License 2.1 + GPLv2+ > > > > And that is not a listed license in > > http://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy > > so i'd like to ask wheter it's ok even if it's not listed there (it > > seems noone really has problems linking to libhal) or if i should ask > > the author for permission to relincese under one of our approved > > licenses. > > According to > http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/index_html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses > the Academic Free License 2.1 is incompatible with the GNU GPL. > Therefore I'd say the Academic Free License 2.1 is not ok. I think you did not undersand me, the code is both licensed under Academic Free License 2.1 AND GPLv2+ Albert > > > Regards, > Ingo