[bt-devel] Licensing

[Daniel Glassey]

Hi, 	I don't know if anyone has followed the problem with Debian 
and KDE because of the incompatibility of the GPL and QPL(Qt 
licence). afaik bibletime is covered by the pure GPL so it's going to 
be in the same boat unless it is changed.

(I'll try and explain if someone wants me to).

	Would it be possible to change the license of Bibletime by adding 
the exception:
'As a special exception, you have permission to link this program with 
the Qt library and distribute executables, as long as you follow the 
requirements of the GNU GPL in regard to all of the software in the 
executable aside from Qt. ' ?

This comes from http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/license-list.html as 
the solution to the issue.

Thing is I assume that a license change like is would require consent 
by all of 'The Bibletime Team'. And the consent of the original 
coders of ktipofday and any other GPL'd code from other sources if 
it is to be included.

After further checking it also looks like swords license needs 
modified (to allow bibletime to be linked with it and Qt). I haven't 
found yet what a suitable exception is, but will let you know if you 
like when I do.

Regards,
	Daniel


P.S. FWIW I'm trying to push for kdelibs to be included in Debian so 
that apps like bibletime could be included as well.

P.P.S. This isn't intended as an attempt to start a flamewar here too, 
just as a statement of what IMHO is the current position.