Thanks for the reply. My software is licensed under gpl v3 and hosted at sourceforge, so that means I need not to mention orginal developer's or project's name? On Dec 9, 2012 11:09 PM, "Shantanu Tushar Jha" <shaan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Yogesh, > > On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Yogesh Marwaha <yogeshm....@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have incorporated parts of source code from KDE software in my software >> as >> per following: - >> > > KDE softwares' source code are usually licensed as GPL, which means that > if you copy KDE source code, you must license your software as GPL as well. > Read http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html for more info. > > >> i) I've copied one function (5-6 lines) which is used as it was. >> ii) I've copied one class from old release (KDE3) and made few changes; >> mostly >> port to Qt4. >> The question is, how do I give due credit to the developers and mention >> details like license? >> Is mentioning copyright-year-developer name enough? >> > > As I mentioned above, you have to make your source code released as GPL > (or as some people say, Open Source it). So as long as you adhere to the > license, you don't have to give credit as such. > > >> Regards, >> >> Yogesh M >> >> >> >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to >> unsubscribe << >> > > Don't hesitate to ask if you still have questions, > > > -- > Shantanu Tushar (UTC +0530) > http://www.shantanutushar.com > > > >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to > unsubscribe << > >
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