Re: mimelib licenses

Yep.  This looks like an oversight that needs to be sorted out by someone with CVS access, decent scripting skills and known to the author as reprisenting KDE.

Every source file has the same exact header.  Which should make a search and replace posible.

Note however that there is a GPL "LICENSE" file in the folder.  Also the CVS tags on mimelib indicate "Please change the license to GPL.  I would do it myself if I had time."

This is not nesiserily a good thing.  You see, Mimelib is a library.  As such it realy neads LGPL coverage.  I would guess that this was within the author's intention.  If you put a none license like the original one on your code then you probebly do not care very much about licenses.  I.e.  GPL == LGPL to you. :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Lauri Ojantakanen <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 10:21:53 +0200
Subject: mimelib licenses

Hi

I took a look at the source code files at kdenetwork/mimelib and there was 
comment like below:

//=============================================================================
// File:       uuencode.cpp
// Contents:   Definitions for DwUuencode
// Maintainer: Doug Sauder <[email protected]>
// WWW:        http://www.fwb.gulf.net/~dwsauder/mimepp.html
// $Revision: 1.9 $
// $Date: 2002/04/22 09:45:43 $
//
// Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 Douglas W. Sauder
// All rights reserved.
//
// IN NO EVENT SHALL DOUGLAS W. SAUDER BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT,
// INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF
// THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF DOUGLAS W. SAUDER
// HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
//
// DOUGLAS W. SAUDER SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT
// NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
// PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS ON AN "AS IS"
// BASIS, AND DOUGLAS W. SAUDER HAS NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE,
// SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
//
//=============================================================================

Are these sources under GPL or not?

//lauri