On Thursday, January 17, 2013 09:47:27 PM Matthew Dawson wrote: > 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. >
The libraries being linked into are not GPL however thats the need for the exemption clause. QNX's libc and RIM's cascades are not GPL/LGPL libraries. Thanks, Shawn. > (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 _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
