Re: common public license

Alex Merry <[email protected]> Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:35:19 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.licensing
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 30/11/12 10:18, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 November 2012 Nov, Mirko Boehm wrote:
>> On 11/21/2012 10:35 AM, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
>>>
>>> Would it be possible to extend the list of allowed licenses with this
>>> license for installers only?
>> +1.
>>
>> If this is a generic problem, how about extending the list of accepted
>> license for specific cases? Like
>>
>> * To create installers for Windows, CPL1.0 is accepted.
>>
> 
> I'm actually not sure how this gets decided... Is there a formal way to get an okay so I can push my code?
> 

I don't think we have a formal procedure.  Previously, there's just been
a bit of discussion and, when no-one objects, it gets updated (generally
by Jonathan Riddell).

Personally, I'm happy with the special-case exemption, although it would
be good to have a note in there that this is specifically intended for
compatibility with Wix.

Alex