https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356326
Bug ID: 356326
Summary: Code in kdenetwork is licensed under the non-free
ARTISTIC license.
Product: kde
Version: unspecified
Platform: Debian stable
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: unassigned-b...@kde.org
Reporter: dwort...@mykolab.com
I am a volunteer working on gNewSense, a free ( as defined by the Free Software
Foundation (FSF)) GNU/Linux distro where the next version (4) will be based on
Debian Wheezy.
We noticed that KDE has dependencies on the Artistic License 1.0 which the FSF
does not regard as free or is at least ambiguous
(https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#NonFreeSoftwareLicenses) and
they encourage use of the Artistic License 2.0
(https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses).
Specifically we noticed in /kdenetwork-4.8.4/kopete/protocols/irc/ksparser.h
(the kdenetwork package for Debian Wheezy)
/* This file is part of the KDE project
Copyright (C) 2001 Simon Hausmann <hausm...@kde.org>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the Artistic License.
*/
Can the license be changed to "Artistic 2.0 License" instead of "Artistic
License"?
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