[vlc-devel] Kate licence and GPL ?

[Jean-Paul Saman]

Jean-Baptiste Kempf wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Kate bitstream format was added by Vincent Penquerc'h in a previous
> patch.
> 
> The libkate library has a COPYING file that I copied thereafter.
> 
> Is it compatible with GPLv2+ ?
> IANAL. Who can answer ?

You could ask the FSF guys. They know how to interpret legal stuff.

> 
> -----
> 
> Copyright (C) 2008 Vincent Penquerc'h
> 
> Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
> are met:
> 
> - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
> notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
> 
> - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
> notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
> documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
> 
> - Neither the name of Vincent Penquerc'h nor the names of any
> contributor may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
> this software without specific prior written permission.
> 
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> 
> Best Regards,
>