21 Sep
2011
21 Sep
'11
3:41 p.m.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=719453
ksim and kgpg contains the GPL-2.0 files listed below. I can't immediately see
from the spec file where the source code is compiled into but the spec file
should definitely denote the package (or subpackage of applicable) as GPL-2.0.
kdeutils-3.5.10/kgpg/conf_encryption.ui.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/kgpg/keyexport.ui.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/kgpg/kgpgrevokewidget.ui.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/kgpg/newkey.ui.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/ksim/monitors/lm_sensors/NVCtrl.c
kdeutils-3.5.10/ksim/monitors/lm_sensors/NVCtrl.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/ksim/monitors/lm_sensors/nv_control.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/superkaramba/examples/taskBar/cleanbar/README
Also, there are numerous header files in klaptopdaemon licensed under the
MPL-1.0 (which is incompatible with the GPL-2.0). Please check if these files
are used. If they are, we need to determine how we can resolve the GPL
compatibility issue.
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/bulkmem.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/ciscode.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/cisreg.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/cistpl.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/cs.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/cs_types.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/driver_ops.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/ds.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/ftl.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/k_compat.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/mem_op.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/memory.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/ss.h
21 Sep
21 Sep
5:21 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] Legal problem in kdeutils
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=719453
ksim and kgpg contains the GPL-2.0 files listed below. I can't immediately
see
from the spec file where the source code is compiled into but the spec
file
should definitely denote the package (or subpackage of applicable) as
GPL-2.0.
kdeutils-3.5.10/kgpg/conf_encryption.ui.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/kgpg/keyexport.ui.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/kgpg/kgpgrevokewidget.ui.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/kgpg/newkey.ui.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/ksim/monitors/lm_sensors/NVCtrl.c
kdeutils-3.5.10/ksim/monitors/lm_sensors/NVCtrl.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/ksim/monitors/lm_sensors/nv_control.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/superkaramba/examples/taskBar/cleanbar/README
Also, there are numerous header files in klaptopdaemon licensed under the
MPL-1.0 (which is incompatible with the GPL-2.0). Please check if these
files
are used. If they are, we need to determine how we can resolve the GPL
compatibility issue.
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/bulkmem.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/ciscode.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/cisreg.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/cistpl.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/cs.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/cs_types.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/driver_ops.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/ds.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/ftl.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/k_compat.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/mem_op.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/memory.h
kdeutils-3.5.10/klaptopdaemon/linux/ss.h
At first glance these includes appear to be (modified?) Linux kernel
header files, which would have originally been licensed under the GPL.
See here for example:
Version in kdeutils:
http://websvn.kde.org/branches/trinity/kdeutils/klaptopdaemon/linux/driver_…
Version in kernel:
http://joshua.raleigh.nc.us/docs/linux-2.4.10_html/208640.html
It looks like someone truncated the GPL portion of the license header,
possibly accidentally as this was over ten years ago.
Tim
5:29 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] Legal problem in kdeutils
On Wednesday 21 September 2011 21:21:29 Timothy Pearson wrote:
At first glance these includes appear to be
(modified?) Linux kernel
header files, which would have originally been licensed under the GPL.
See here for example:
Version in kdeutils:
http://websvn.kde.org/branches/trinity/kdeutils/klaptopdaemon/linux/driver_…
Version in kernel:
http://joshua.raleigh.nc.us/docs/linux-2.4.10_html/208640.html
It looks like someone truncated the GPL portion of the license header,
possibly accidentally as this was over ten years ago.
The original file was double-licensed, which allows to publish derivatives under MPL.
Are these files actually used in KDE3?
5:40 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] Legal problem in kdeutils
On Wednesday 21 September 2011 21:21:29 Timothy
Pearson wrote:
Yes they are, for the laptop daemon, which is still in use by some people.
From what I can tell there were no or very minor changes made. At least
some of the license issues can be resolved by simply copying over the
original file from the kernel headers in the cases where no changes were
made.
Tim
At first glance these includes appear to be
(modified?) Linux kernel
header files, which would have originally been licensed under the GPL.
See here for example:
Version in kdeutils:
http://websvn.kde.org/branches/trinity/kdeutils/klaptopdaemon/linux/driver_…
Version in kernel:
http://joshua.raleigh.nc.us/docs/linux-2.4.10_html/208640.html
It looks like someone truncated the GPL portion of the license header,
possibly accidentally as this was over ten years ago.
The original file was double-licensed, which allows to publish derivatives
under MPL.
Are these files actually used in KDE3?
5:50 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] Legal problem in kdeutils
On Wednesday 21 September 2011 21:40:22 Timothy Pearson wrote:
Also it seems the second one is published later.
On Wednesday
21 September 2011 21:21:29 Timothy Pearson wrote:
Yes they are, for the laptop daemon, which is still in use by some people.
From what I can tell there were no or very minor changes made. At least
some of the license issues can be resolved by simply copying over the
original file from the kernel headers in the cases where no changes were
made. At first glance these includes appear to be
(modified?) Linux kernel
header files, which would have originally been licensed under the GPL.
See here for example:
Version in kdeutils:
http://websvn.kde.org/branches/trinity/kdeutils/klaptopdaemon/linux/driver_…
Version in kernel:
http://joshua.raleigh.nc.us/docs/linux-2.4.10_html/208640.html
It looks like someone truncated the GPL portion of the license header,
possibly accidentally as this was over ten years ago.
The original file was double-licensed, which allows to publish derivatives
under MPL.
Are these files actually used in KDE3?
7:42 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] Legal problem in kdeutils
On Wednesday 21 September 2011 21:40:22 Timothy
Pearson wrote:
derivatives
Also it seems the second one is published later.
The problem has been fixed in SVN revision 1254856 by replacing all of the
MPL licensed files with publicly available GPL or dual-licensed files from
the Internet. Compilation checks out OK so I assume this was a simple
oversight on the part of whoever originally included those files in KDE.
By the way, KDE4.0 (and possibly later versions as well) is in violation
of the GPL and/or MPL due to the same code.
Tim
On
Wednesday 21 September 2011 21:21:29 Timothy Pearson wrote:
> At first glance these includes appear to be (modified?) Linux kernel
> header files, which would have originally been licensed under the
GPL.
>
> See here for example:
> Version in kdeutils:
>
http://websvn.kde.org/branches/trinity/kdeutils/klaptopdaemon/linux/driver_…
> Version in kernel:
> http://joshua.raleigh.nc.us/docs/linux-2.4.10_html/208640.html
>
> It looks like someone truncated the GPL portion of the license
header,
possibly
accidentally as this was over ten years ago.
The original file was double-licensed, which allows to publish under MPL.
Are these files actually used in KDE3?
Yes they are, for the laptop daemon, which is still in use by some
people.
From what I can tell there were no or very minor changes made. At least
some of the license issues can be resolved by simply copying over the
original file from the kernel headers in the cases where no changes were
made.
7:51 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] Legal problem in kdeutils
On Wednesday 21 September 2011 23:42:12 Timothy Pearson wrote:
The problem has been fixed in SVN revision 1254856 by
replacing all of the
MPL licensed files with publicly available GPL or dual-licensed files from
the Internet. Compilation checks out OK so I assume this was a simple
oversight on the part of whoever originally included those files in KDE.
Cannot it build directly with Linux kernel headers, without copying them?
By the way, KDE4.0 (and possibly later versions as
well) is in violation
of the GPL and/or MPL due to the same code.
8:07 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-devel] Legal problem in kdeutils
On Wednesday 21 September 2011 23:42:12 Timothy
Pearson wrote:
I don't know, and I am not going to put in the work to try to make it work
that way unless there is a *very* good reason to do so.
Tim
The problem has been fixed in SVN revision
1254856 by replacing all of
the
MPL licensed files with publicly available GPL or dual-licensed files
from
the Internet. Compilation checks out OK so I assume this was a simple
oversight on the part of whoever originally included those files in KDE.
Cannot it build directly with Linux kernel headers, without copying them?
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