On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Yogesh Marwaha <yogeshm....@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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? > Its not necessary to do that in the application itself, but you have to maintain the names appearing in the source code license headers. 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 << >> >> > > >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to > unsubscribe << > > -- Shantanu Tushar (UTC +0530) http://www.shantanutushar.com
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