Academic Free License 2.1 + GPLv2+ code in kdelibs?

[Albert Astals Cid-2]

Hi, to sort a i18n problem in current solid i'd like to reuse some libhal-
storage code, the "problem" is that the code is licensed under
 Academic Free License 2.1 + GPLv2+

And that is not a listed license in
  http://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy
so i'd like to ask wheter it's ok even if it's not listed there (it seems
noone really has problems linking to libhal) or if i should ask the author for
permission to relincese under one of our approved licenses.

Thanks,
  Albert
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[Ingo Klöcker]

On Saturday 28 March 2009, Albert Astals Cid wrote:

> Hi, to sort a i18n problem in current solid i'd like to reuse some
> libhal- storage code, the "problem" is that the code is licensed
> under Academic Free License 2.1 + GPLv2+
>
> And that is not a listed license in
>   http://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy
> so i'd like to ask wheter it's ok even if it's not listed there (it
> seems noone really has problems linking to libhal) or if i should ask
> the author for permission to relincese under one of our approved
> licenses.

According to
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/index_html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses
the Academic Free License 2.1 is incompatible with the GNU GPL.
Therefore I'd say the Academic Free License 2.1 is not ok.


Regards,
Ingo


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[Albert Astals Cid-2]

A Dissabte, 28 de març de 2009, Ingo Klöcker va escriure:

> On Saturday 28 March 2009, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> > Hi, to sort a i18n problem in current solid i'd like to reuse some
> > libhal- storage code, the "problem" is that the code is licensed
> > under Academic Free License 2.1 + GPLv2+
> >
> > And that is not a listed license in
> >   http://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy
> > so i'd like to ask wheter it's ok even if it's not listed there (it
> > seems noone really has problems linking to libhal) or if i should ask
> > the author for permission to relincese under one of our approved
> > licenses.
>
> According to
> http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/index_html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses
> the Academic Free License 2.1 is incompatible with the GNU GPL.
> Therefore I'd say the Academic Free License 2.1 is not ok.

I think you did not undersand me, the code is both licensed under
Academic Free License 2.1 AND GPLv2+

Albert

>
>
> Regards,
> Ingo


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[Ingo Klöcker]

On Saturday 28 March 2009, Albert Astals Cid wrote:

> A Dissabte, 28 de març de 2009, Ingo Klöcker va escriure:
> > On Saturday 28 March 2009, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> > > Hi, to sort a i18n problem in current solid i'd like to reuse
> > > some libhal- storage code, the "problem" is that the code is
> > > licensed under Academic Free License 2.1 + GPLv2+
> > >
> > > And that is not a listed license in
> > >   http://techbase.kde.org/Policies/Licensing_Policy
> > > so i'd like to ask wheter it's ok even if it's not listed there
> > > (it seems noone really has problems linking to libhal) or if i
> > > should ask the author for permission to relincese under one of
> > > our approved licenses.
> >
> > According to
> > http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/index_html#GPLIncompatibleLic
> >enses the Academic Free License 2.1 is incompatible with the GNU
> > GPL. Therefore I'd say the Academic Free License 2.1 is not ok.
>
> I think you did not undersand me, the code is both licensed under
> Academic Free License 2.1 AND GPLv2+

You asked "wheter it's ok even if it's not listed there" and I answered
that I do not think it's ok. With respect to the code also being
licensed under GPLv2+, we cannot incorporate code released under the
GPL into the LGPL licensed solid.

So, yes, you should ask the author to relicense the code under the LGPL.


Regards,
Ingo


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