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Re: [trinity-devel] Licensing problem with kdeedu (kstars)

From: Robert Xu <robxu9@...>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:12:26 -0400
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 16:28, Ilya Chernykh <anixxsus@...> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> A bugreport has been filled by the SUSE legal department regarding licensing problems in kstars (part of kdeedu3).
>
> The problem prevents inclusion of this package in distribution.
>
> The bugreport reads as follows:
>
> ===
> Whereas the README.images file in kstars is informative, it unfortunately does
> not precisely state which _files_ are licensed under which license. It rather
> states descriptions of images which are licensed under certain licenses.
>
> The unacceptable licenses from the README.images file would be:
>
> FFNP
> FFE
>
>
> Thus, please examine which _files_ in kstars (if any) are licensed under the
> above licenses. If such files exist, they should be removed.
> ===
>
>
> You can read the bugreport here:
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718027
>
> So can anybody please clarify which files in kstars are under which license?

I need access to the bug report, if you can get me it.
I'd like to see their arguments.

Especially with this being in KDE3 so long, why are they looking into
it just now?

And wouldn't these be also present in KDE4 versions?
I would like to know what the KDE team will do first.


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