Re: Licensing policy allows non-free licence for media files

Jonathan Riddell <[email protected]> Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:54:48 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.licensing
Message-ID <CANX=XXPK-a+dWGWSbWtLPwt6KrF6=0=Dhx8HpKTn-s0Kjb_Atg@mail.gmail.com>
The licence policy has now been updated to require CC 4

Jonathan


On 13 May 2017 at 05:40, Thomas Eschenbacher <[email protected]> wrote:
> Luke Dashjr wrote:
>
>> On Thursday 04 May 2017 4:31:15 PM Jonathan Riddell wrote:
>>>> Furthermore, the licensing policy page seems to not be entirely clear
>>>> that these exceptions are indeed merely exceptions. Assuming my
>>>> understanding of this is correct, would there be any objection to me
>>>> just editing the page to clarify this point?
>>>
>>> Changes to that page need to be reviewed carefully, let me know what your
>>> changes are and I'll look at adding them to the draft.
>>
>> I'd suggest clearly separating "normative licenses" from "licenses allowed as
>> an exception", rather than putting them both together under a numbered list.
>
> Any updates on this?
>
> I have no problem switching to CC 4, but I do not want to switch between
> different licenses and get bashed multiple times until KDE policies are
> updated and stabilized.
>
> Please update the licensing policy page mentioned above.
>
> Inform me when it is done.
>
> Then I will switch.
>
> regards,
>    Thomas