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Evolution OpenSource?

Asked by Wolf Canis

Hello,
yet I figured out, that Evolution is licensed by Novell.

http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/doc/evolution26.pdf

You can read it under the headline license and under evolution-help-about.

I'm confused about this fact or make I an error in my logic?

Thanks in advance,
                                   Mr Canis

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blahyugi (blahyugi) said : 		#1

"This phrase is sometimes still used even on some documents to which the original author does not retain all rights granted by copyright law, such as works released under a copyleft license. It is, however, only a habitual formality and is unlikely to have legal consequences." -- Wikipedia.

Yes, it is Open Source all the way. The fact that you see such copyright statements just means the authors wanted to get some kudos and did not find a better way to express their intent. The licensing terms elsewhere will hold water just fine.

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Best Wolf Canis (wolf-canis) said : 		#2

Thanks for the quick answer.

Only one question: How is the name from the article which you quotes?
I mean the name in Wikipedia.

Thanks,
             Mr Canis

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blahyugi (blahyugi) said : 		#3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright#Copyright_notices

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Wolf Canis (wolf-canis) said : 		#4

Thanks,
      Mr Canis

blahyugi wrote:
> Your support request #2934 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/2934
>
> blahyugi posted a new comment:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright#Copyright_notices
>
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