On January 17, 2013 08:06:05 PM Shawn Starr wrote: > Hello folks, > > I need to get approvals from those who made some changes to the engine code, > the change is to append the exemption clause to GPLv2+ so that I can link > the binaries to QNX's libc / and RIM's cascades libs, as these are > considered core to the OS. > > I also want to know if we can dual copyright with the KDE Foundation so that > even if the code diverges the changes can flow back and forth between the > QNX/BB10 git repo and KDE's git repository. > > So to reiterate, the code remains GPLv2+ but just gains the exemption clause > (see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL_linking_exception). > > What are your thoughts on this? Can this all be done easy? For the wording, > I would like us to use the most liberal one so that there remains no > issues/restrictions to anyone. > > Thanks, > Shawn > _______________________________________________ > Plasma-devel mailing list > Plasma-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
Sorry if I don't understand what you are asking for, but to link GPL software against system libraries doesn't require exceptions (see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#SystemLibraryException ). If you are linking other applications against the engine code, then the exceptions is required. (I don't have any copyrights over the code, so the decision doesn't effect me) Matthew _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
